• Illuminated initial 'O' with foliate border., Canterbury Tales

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 'O' with foliate border. Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)

• Text page from the Merchant's Tale., Canterbury Tales

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. Text page from the Merchant's Tale. Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)

• Historiated initial 'R' of the Annunciation., Cutting from a choir book

Historiated initial 'R' of the Annunciation. The present cutting was formerly foliated by the number of the guard on which it is mounted, as f. 8. It may be found referred to in publications by this number. To see

• Initial 'T' of the dedication of a church., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index Antiphonal, antiphonary)

Slovenská Národní Galerie, inv. 03266; Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Marlay Cutting It. 18; Cleveland, Museum of Art, inv. 5425f; London, ex-Holford Collection; London, ex-Sam Fogg; Paris, Musée Marmottan, Wildenstein Collection, inv. 21-23, 26, 28-30, 32, 33abc, 34abc; Paris, Musée National du

• Decorated initial 'A', at the beginning of the Tract against clerks., Tract against clerks (ends imperfectly)

Tract against clerks (ends imperfectly) Unidentified owner, 18th century: note attributing the tract to John Wycliffe (f. 1v). Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller: catalogue 1836, no. 1359; bought by Phillipps.Sir Thomas Phillipps (b. 1792, d. 1872), baronet, collector of books and

• Decorated initial 'I'(n ye) wit a full border, at the beginning of Genesis., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial with border London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of an pen-flourished initial 'I'(ou)., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Pen-flourished initial London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of the left-hand column of the folio with two pen-flourished initials., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Pen-flourished initials London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of a decorated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of Esther., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial London England, S. E. (London?)

• Foliate Initial 'T'(he book) with a full border, at the beginning of Matthew., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Foliate initial London England, S. E. (London?)

• Map of the world and an illuminated initial 'I'(cy), and the beginning of the text., Le premier livre de la cosmographie en rhetorique francoyse

/ de France (f. 1). It does not describe Henry as king of Ireland (a title Henry assumed in June 1541). Map of the world Jean Mallard Jean Mallard Jean Mallard Jean Mallard London England, S. E. (London), or France

• Drawing of a pope and bears., 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

• Drawing of a pope and a man holding a club., 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

• Drawing of a praying pope., 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

• Drawing of a pope and a bird., 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

• Drawing of a pope and two women., 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

• Drawing of a pope and a rooster., 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

• null, 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

• Drawing of a dragon with a king's head., 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

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David playing a harp and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Psalms., Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with a litany (ff. 181-243v)

to the 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. David London England, S. (London?)