• Miniature of pope Clement V, surrounded by clerical figures, and in the initial 'I'(ohannes), the canonist Johannes Andreae offering the book, at the beginning of the Papal constitutions of Clement V., Papal constitutions of Clement V and John XXII (index Constitutiones clementis pape V; Constitutiones Clementinae), with gloss by Johannes Andreae (Giovanni d'Andrea), ends imperfectly

in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its pencil inscription: ‘XVI.1.1’, f. 2).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Decorated initials including a human head and a half-length figure, and initials with pen-flourishing, in the Papal constitutiones of Clement V., Papal constitutions of Clement V and John XXII (index Constitutiones clementis pape V; Constitutiones Clementinae), with gloss by Johannes Andreae (Giovanni d'Andrea), ends imperfectly

in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its pencil inscription: ‘XVI.1.1’, f. 2).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Illuminated initial 'A'(t) at the beginning of the Reeve's tale, identified by a rubric in the upper margin 'The Reve'., Canterbury Tales

prime minister: his book-plate with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Illuminated initial Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)

• Decorated initial 'KL', accompanied by a bar developing foliate extensions with a dragon, at the beginning of August in the Calendar., Kalendarium, cum figuris eclipsum, tabulis, et canonibus

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2v; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.6.26’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Diagrams of the eclipse of the moon., Kalendarium, cum figuris eclipsum, tabulis, et canonibus

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2v; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.6.26’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Roundel with the Nativity, surrounded by roundels with prophets, accompanied by Moses and Aaron. Roundel with the Adoration of the Magis, surrounded by roundels with prophets, accompanied by king David and Abner, and king Salomon and the queen of Sheba., Miscellany

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.6.17’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Roundel with Judas receiving the 30 pieces of silver, surrounded by roundels with prophets, accompanied by scenes with Joseph. Roundel with the Arrest of Christ, surrounded by roundels with prophets, accompanied by scenes with Joab and Abner and a scene with Tryphon., Miscellany

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.6.17’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Flourished initials, in the lower border quire signatures 'V' and 'VI', in Thomas of Cobham's De penitencia., De penitencia

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.7.14’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with king David playing the harp, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, followed by Canticles, Litany, and Office of the Dead, adapted to the use of Ely

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.3.4’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) with a nun/abbess in prayer, at the beginning of Psalm 101., Psalter, followed by Canticles, Litany, and Office of the Dead, adapted to the use of Ely

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.3.4’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Decorated initial 'N'(unc), at the beginning of book 8 of Valerius Maximus's Factorum et dictorum memorabilium., Facta et dicta memorabilia, with glosses

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v; its book-plate, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Detail of an historiated initial 'U'(rbis Rome) of a building probably representing Rome, at the beginning of Valerius Maximus's Factorum et dictorum memorabilium., Facta et dicta memorabilia, with glosses

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v; its book-plate, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Decorated initial 'A'(biciamus), at the beginning of Guilelmus de Malliaco OP's Sermones de tempore., Sermones de tempore (ff. 1-204), table of contents (ff. 204-205v)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.7.26’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Ex-libris 'Liber virginis gloriose. In Ebirbach hic e(st) Ma(r)ie. Ad Usus Abbatis Ebirbacen(sis)', written by Martin Rifflinck von Boppard, abbot of the monastery of Eberbach, in the lower margin., Sermones de tempore (ff. 1-204), table of contents (ff. 204-205v)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.7.26’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Initials with pen-flourishing, in Isaac Judaeus' De diaetis universalibus et particularibus., Medical miscellany, with glosses, the Ars medicine

1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.8.08’, f. [iii]).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) with human head, in Haimo Halberstatensis's In Apocalypsim., In Apocalypsim (ff. 1-106), In Cantica Canticorum (ff. 107-135v)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.8.5’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Puzzle initial 'A'(pocalipsis), in Haimo Halberstatensis's In Apocalypsim., In Apocalypsim (ff. 1-106), In Cantica Canticorum (ff. 107-135v)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.8.5’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Initial 'Q'(uoniam) with reserved designs, at the beginning of Martinus Polonus's Chronica., Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, and other prophetic texts, including Joachim of Flora's Vaticinia (ff. 137-151)

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

• Diagram, in Martinus Polonus's Chronica., Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, and other prophetic texts, including Joachim of Flora's Vaticinia (ff. 137-151)

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

• Diagram, in Martinus Polonus's Chronica., Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, and other prophetic texts, including Joachim of Flora's Vaticinia (ff. 137-151)

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