• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of God and David in the water, at the beginning of Psalm 68, and a foliate initial 'S'(alvum) at the beginning of the commentary on Psalm 68., Psalter with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Lombard A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221: to be identified with one of the volumes of a set described in a 16th-century note in Royal 3 E I.James of Spain, canon of St. Paul's, London, illegitimate son of King

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uid) of king David with a sword and another man, at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Lombard A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221: to be identified with one of the volumes of a set described in a 16th-century note in Royal 3 E I.James of Spain, canon of St. Paul's, London, illegitimate son of King

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixi) of David pointing his mouth with the head of God above, at the beginning of Psalm 38, and a decorated initial 'D'(ixi) with an animal, at the beginning of the commentary on Psalm 38., Psalter with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Lombard A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221: to be identified with one of the volumes of a set described in a 16th-century note in Royal 3 E I.James of Spain, canon of St. Paul's, London, illegitimate son of King

• Foliate initial 'C'(um) with a dragon, at the beginning of the prologue., Psalter with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Lombard A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221: to be identified with one of the volumes of a set described in a 16th-century note in Royal 3 E I.James of Spain, canon of St. Paul's, London, illegitimate son of King

• Historiated initial 'C'(antate) of three clerics singing, at the beginning of Psalm 97, and a foliate initial 'C'(antate) at the beginning of the commentary to Psalm 97., Psalter with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Lombard A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221: to be identified with one of the volumes of a set described in a 16th-century note in Royal 3 E I.James of Spain, canon of St. Paul's, London, illegitimate son of King

• Historiated initial 'E'(xultate) of David playing the bells, at the beginning of Psalm 80, and a foliate initial 'E'(xultate) at the beginning of the commentary on Psalm 80., Psalter with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Lombard A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221: to be identified with one of the volumes of a set described in a 16th-century note in Royal 3 E I.James of Spain, canon of St. Paul's, London, illegitimate son of King

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of God and David pointing his eyes, at the beginning of Psalm 26, and a foliate initial 'D'(ominus) with a dragon, at the beginning of the commentary on Psalm 26., Psalter with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Lombard A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221: to be identified with one of the volumes of a set described in a 16th-century note in Royal 3 E I.James of Spain, canon of St. Paul's, London, illegitimate son of King

• Text page with 2 decorated initials at the beginning of the preface and the first chapter of the chronicle of Ralph Niger., Chronica (to 1199), Chronicon anglicanum (to 1213)

with pen-flourishing. Small initials in red or green. Rubrics in red. Chronica (to 1199), Chronicon anglicanum (to 1213) Carmelite convent, London: pressmark S.7m (f. 3), (see Ker 1964).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1022

• Detail of decorated initial., Thebais (index Thebaid), with gloss

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate, with the

• Illuminated miniature of a physician taking the pulse of a woman patient., Medical miscellany, including a plant glossary, the Pseudo-Macer's De viribus herbarum (ff. 222-233)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2).Purchased by the British Museum

• Decorated initial., De officiis

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Puzzle initial 'A'(nno) with pen-flourishing., Glossae in historiam Maccabaeorum et in historiam Evangelicam; tract on the Apostles Creed

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 37).Purchased by the British Museum

• Detail of puzzle initial., Glossae in historiam Maccabaeorum et in historiam Evangelicam; tract on the Apostles Creed

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 37).Purchased by the British Museum

• Detail of puzzle initial., Glossae in historiam Maccabaeorum et in historiam Evangelicam; tract on the Apostles Creed

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 37).Purchased by the British Museum

• Text page., Miscellany of sermons, treatises and Gospel harmonies, including Unum ex quattuor; Allegoriae super Novum Testamentum; Diatessaron (fragment)

inscribed in a 15th-century hand, 'Constat frater Joh[a]nn[es] Tame de ordine aug[ustin'] London et impigno[ratur] henr[ico] ponsthorp p' (f. 189).Johannes Tame of the Convent of Austin friars, London (see above and Ker 1964).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library):

• Initial words decorated with pen-flourishing in brown ink, at a ~Hoshanah~ (poetical prayer) for ~Hoshanah Rabbah~ (the seventh day of Sukkot; for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 1857)., Prayer book with Haggadah (ff. 71-88) and ~Pirqei Avot~ (ff. 88v-115), Ashkenazi rite

Gaster' (f. 161v); no. 582 in his collection [Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, the British Library, London(London: Hebrew Section. Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996]; purchased by the British Museum from him in 1925 together with

• Tituli of communities from London, with the inscription from the church of St Bartholomew in London at the end of the section, and that of St Mary's, Stratford at the top., Mortuary roll of Lucy, foundress and first prioress of the Benedictine nunnery of Castle Hedingham, tituli (responsive prayers)

Tituli of communities from London, with the inscription from the church of St Bartholomew in London at the end of the section, and that of St Mary's, Stratford at the top. Part II is stored separately.This is the fifth oldest

• Detail of decorated initial., Extracts from the Moralia in Job

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.7.2’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• 'Champ' initial at the beginning of the Statutes and Ordinances of the Order of the Garter., Statutes and Ordinances of the Order of the Garter (as revised under Henry VIII)

nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. 'Champ' initial London England, S. E. (?London)

• Full-page miniature of Luke, seated, with a open book in his left hand and a pen in his right, in front of a desk and book stand with writing implements, against a gold ground., Gospel Lectionary, imperfect

Porte, from the year 1621 to 1628 inclusive~ (London: Samuel Richardson, 1740), p. 500).Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp 'Soc. Reg. Lond. /