• Detail of the lower part of a three-sided border, with white vine, putti, birds, butterflies, rabbits and portrait bust miniatures, at the beginning of De re rustica., De re rustica

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Detail of the title, encircled by a wreath and held by two putti., De re rustica

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Detail of decorated initials., Super tribus libris postremis codicis Justiniani, etc., with glosses; and other works

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Text page., Part of a lectionary

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6637.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• null, Harmonica

Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7949 (‘Cl. Ptolemaei Harmonicorum Libri tres, cum scholiis ineditis, Graece’): his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12855 , bought by Sims for 12s 6d. (At this date, the manuscript was

• Decorated initial 'P'(rincipia), and plain red initial 'P'(aulus); the upper margin with an ownership inscription of Sir John Prise., Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

pp. 1-24, reprinted in N. R. Ker, ~Books, Collectors and Libraries: Studies in the Medieval Heritage~, ed. A. G. Watson (London and Ronceverte, 1985), pp. 471-96; the present manuscript cited with the siglum 'P. 8.'Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• Coloured initial 'P'(aulus) and other plain red and green initials., Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

pp. 1-24, reprinted in N. R. Ker, ~Books, Collectors and Libraries: Studies in the Medieval Heritage~, ed. A. G. Watson (London and Ronceverte, 1985), pp. 471-96; the present manuscript cited with the siglum 'P. 8.'Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ec) and ivy-leaf borders incorporating a dragon, at the beginning of Bertrand de la Tour's Sermones Quadragesimales., Sermones Quadragesimales, followed (ff. 244v-246v) by a table of contents

nobility (b. 1728, d. 1810), diplomatist and transvestite; with a long note in French, signed by d'Éon and dated at London, 15 January 1786, stating that the manuscript is unique and was written in the year 711 (f. 1r-v): his

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ec), at the beginning of Nicolaus de Lyra's Postillae., Postillae on the Pentateuch, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth

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 pencil inscription: ‘XIV.1.8’,

• Detail of decorated initial., Sermons and excerpts

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, inside upper

• Detail of puzzle initial., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

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

• Detail of illuminated initial., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Diagram., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Text page with volvelle., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Text page with volvelle., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Detail of decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam)., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam)., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Decorated initials and diagram., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Detail of miniature of knights and ladies riding to a London tournament., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart')

and ladies riding to a London tournament. Vol. IV, part 2 is Harley 4380. 11 large miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders including hybrid figures and birds, in colours and gold (ff. 3, 23v, 34, 43, 60v,

• Detail of miniature of knights and ladies riding to a London tournament., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart')

and ladies riding to a London tournament. Vol. IV, part 2 is Harley 4380. 11 large miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders including hybrid figures and birds, in colours and gold (ff. 3, 23v, 34, 43, 60v,