• Initials with penwork decoration for the month of April in the liturgical calendar., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of

• Initials with penwork decoration for the month of October in the liturgical calendar., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of

• Puzzle initial 'R'(egulariter) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of Book 8 relating to the observances of the house., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of

• Miniature of the Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John, within the text on the mass of the Holy Cross., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of

• Puzzle initial 'P'(er) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the table of contents., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of

• Puzzle initial 'R'(egnante) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the prologue., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of

• Detail of puzzle initial., Apparatus in quinque libros decretalium

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.4.4’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Puzzle initial 'L'(egitur) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Innocent IV's Apparatus in quinque libros decretalium., Apparatus in quinque libros decretalium

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.4.4’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Historiated puzzle initial 'D'(ominus) of a figure blessing, in a list of Benedictine houses, with the names of Ely (Eliens), London (Londonicus), Norwich, Stratford, and Thetford visible, and annals from the birth of Christ to 1294., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

list of Benedictine houses, with the names of Ely (Eliens), London (Londonicus), Norwich, Stratford, and Thetford visible, and annals from the birth of Christ to 1294. f. i is a book-plate pasted onto an unfoliated paper flyleaf; f. ii is

• Detail of decorated initial., St Albans register of properties

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).Purchased by the British Museum

• Text page in the annals., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

note in the hand of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, dated 19 March 1828 (f. iv verso). Robert Triphook, London bookseller, bought by Page-Turner: above cited note.Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, 4th Bart.: his sale, 18 March 1828, bought by

• Text page in the annals., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

note in the hand of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, dated 19 March 1828 (f. iv verso). Robert Triphook, London bookseller, bought by Page-Turner: above cited note.Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, 4th Bart.: his sale, 18 March 1828, bought by

• Initial 'C' with a dog-headed hybrid., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

note in the hand of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, dated 19 March 1828 (f. iv verso). Robert Triphook, London bookseller, bought by Page-Turner: above cited note.Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, 4th Bart.: his sale, 18 March 1828, bought by

• Decorated initial with a bird biting a dog., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

note in the hand of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, dated 19 March 1828 (f. iv verso). Robert Triphook, London bookseller, bought by Page-Turner: above cited note.Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, 4th Bart.: his sale, 18 March 1828, bought by

• Decorated initial 'A'(nglia), with a hooded hybrid creature, at the beginning of a description of England., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

note in the hand of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, dated 19 March 1828 (f. iv verso). Robert Triphook, London bookseller, bought by Page-Turner: above cited note.Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, 4th Bart.: his sale, 18 March 1828, bought by

• End of the annals from the birth of Christ to 1294, with an entry for the birth of King Edward II for 1284., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

note in the hand of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, dated 19 March 1828 (f. iv verso). Robert Triphook, London bookseller, bought by Page-Turner: above cited note.Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, 4th Bart.: his sale, 18 March 1828, bought by

• Decorated initial with a hybrid creature with a human face, at the beginning of a chronicle of the Saxons to 1294., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

note in the hand of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, dated 19 March 1828 (f. iv verso). Robert Triphook, London bookseller, bought by Page-Turner: above cited note.Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, 4th Bart.: his sale, 18 March 1828, bought by

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) with a hybrid creature, and 'B'(ritannia) with hybrid creatures biting, at the beginning of the prologue to Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, with the signature of William Herbert in the upper margin., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

note in the hand of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, dated 19 March 1828 (f. iv verso). Robert Triphook, London bookseller, bought by Page-Turner: above cited note.Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, 4th Bart.: his sale, 18 March 1828, bought by