• A historiated initial 'F' with foliate extension and medallion of pseudo-Oriental writing of Michael slaying the dragon., Cutting from a choir book

A historiated initial 'F' with foliate extension and medallion of pseudo-Oriental writing of Michael slaying the dragon. Italian cutting.The present cutting was formerly foliated by the number of the guard on which it is mounted, as f. 2. It

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam), at the beginning of Eberhardus Bethuniensis's Graecismus., Glossed Graecismus

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 from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam), at the beginning of Eberhardus Bethuniensis's Graecismus., Glossed Graecismus

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 from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Historiated initial of a scholar, with a partial border., Miscellany, including Patefit, Electiones laudabiles, Sermo de regulis compotistarum, Canones eclipsium, Ad habendam diversitatem aspectus lune pro situ in epiciclo

at Oxford (f. 150v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: his monogram (f. 1).Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Puzzle initial, at the beginning of Michel de Northgate's Ayenbite of Inwyt., Ayenbite of Inwyt

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. 13; its book-plate with the

• Flourished initial., Ayenbite of Inwyt

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. 13; its book-plate with the

• Flourished initials., Ayenbite of Inwyt

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. 13; its book-plate with the

• Decorated initials., Ayenbite of Inwyt

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. 13; its book-plate with the

• Decorated initial., Ayenbite of Inwyt

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. 13; its book-plate with the

• Illuminated incipit page for Matthew; 'Liber generationem'., Four Gospels (the 'Golden Gospels', 'Harley Golden Gospels'; 'Codex Aureus'), with canon tables (ff. 6v-12), and capitulary (ff. 199-208v)

Harley for 1100 guilders (see C. E. Wright and Ruth C. Wright, ~The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-1726~, 2 vols (London: Bibliographical Society, 1976), I, 38 n. 5).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl

• Illuminated initials., Psalter, Use of Sarum (the 'St Omer Psalter')

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May s1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with a Tree of Jesse, and historiated border with nine roundels with scenes from Genesis: Creation of the World; Creation of Adam and Eve; the Tree of Knowledge; Expulsion from the Garden;Toiling the earth; Cain and Abel; Building the Ark; the Great Flood; the Drunkenness of Noah; three busts appear in quatrefoil at the top of the border; animals, birds, laborers, and fantastic creatures inhabit the borders and margins; at the bottom border, a woman and a man in the arms of the St Omer family kneel in reverence, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, Use of Sarum (the 'St Omer Psalter')

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May s1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit insipiens) of a seated king David with knights and a disputing fool, and historiated border with eight roundels of scenes from the lives of Moses and Samson, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter, Use of Sarum (the 'St Omer Psalter')

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May s1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Miniature of Jonah and the Whale, including a small initial 'S'(alvum), and a historiated border with eight roundels of scenes from the Old Testament, with cycles of the Battle of the Philistines and the building of Solomon's Temple, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter, Use of Sarum (the 'St Omer Psalter')

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May s1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Miniature of the anointing and crowning of David, and foliate borders painted over the 14th-century pattern, at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter, Use of Sarum (the 'St Omer Psalter')

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May s1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Last Judgement, and an historiated border with eight roundels narrating the Passion cycle from the Arrest of Christ to the Pentecost, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter, Use of Sarum (the 'St Omer Psalter')

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May s1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Book-plates of Henry Yates Thompson noting the number of the Ashburnham Appendix, and below, Yates Thompson's own., Psalter, Use of Sarum (the 'St Omer Psalter')

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May s1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with a Tree of Jesse, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, Use of Sarum (the 'St Omer Psalter')

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May s1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Detail of border illuminations containing scenes from Genesis, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, Use of Sarum (the 'St Omer Psalter')

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May s1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Illuminated initials and line fillers., Psalter, Use of Sarum (the 'St Omer Psalter')

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May s1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire