• Coloured initials., De architectura

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

• Decorated initial and architectural border with a flying putti holding heralic arms., Ars Grammatica

the Bembo family: arms (f. 1). Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 1834, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b.

• Historiated initial with the dove of the Holy Spirit., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

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. Holy Spirit London England, S. E. ( London)

• Historiated initial with an angel., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

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. Angel London England, S. E. ( London)

• null, Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

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. London England, S. E. ( London)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O' of Christ rising from the tomb., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

£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. The Risen Christ London England, S. E. ( London)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D' of Christ in glory, displaying his wounds., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

£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. Christ in Glory London England, S. E. ( London)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D' of clerics and mourners surrounding a black-draped coffin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

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. Funeral London England, S. E. ( London)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B' of a soul being lifted from the grave by two angels., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

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. Resurrection London England, S. E. ( London)

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with Augustine in a bishop's mitre holding a bishop's staff and a heart at the beginning of the Pseudo-Augustine Manuale, with the arms or the Urswick family and the motto 'Misericordia' in the lower border., Manuale (ff. 2-46v), Retractiones (extract), De beata vita (ff. 47-86v); and Psalms, Prayers, Litanies

Publications Society, 1950- ), I: Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks: Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries~, no. 463 (dated 1711 to London). A partial scatter border (f. 2). A historiated initial with a portrait of Augustine (f. 2). Large and small

• Miniature with the portrait of King Henry VIII, and the beginning of John Croke's English translation of Psalms., Psalms in English verse (girdle book)

Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. King Henry VIII John Croke (translator) London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of the arms or the Urswick family and the motto 'Misericordia' in the lower border., Manuale (ff. 2-46v), Retractiones (extract), De beata vita (ff. 47-86v); and Psalms, Prayers, Litanies

Publications Society, 1950- ), I: Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks: Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries~, no. 463 (dated 1711 to London). A partial scatter border (f. 2). A historiated initial with a portrait of Augustine (f. 2). Large and small

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) of the Annunciation, with floral borders with a peacock, owl, and a bear playing bagpipes, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

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. Annunciation London England, S. E. ( London)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(omine) of the Annunciation, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

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. Annunciation London England, S. E. ( London)

• Detail of a peacock, from a floral border, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

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. Peacock London England, S. E. ( London)

• Detail of an owl from a floral border, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

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. Owl London England, S. E. ( London)

• Detail of a bear playing bagpipes from a floral border, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

£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. Bear playing bagpipes London England, S. E. ( London)

• Coloured drawing of a knight in armour and tabard., Legh's Men of Arms (manuscript also known as Sir Thomas Holme's Book of Arms) (index Heraldry)

Coloured drawing of a knight in armour and tabard. This manuscript, together with two other manuscripts (London, British Library, Add. 45133 and London, Guildhall Library, Print Room (s.n.)) is known as 'Sir Thomas Holme's Book' because his arms appear in

• Coloured drawing of a knight in armour and tabard., Legh's Men of Arms (manuscript also known as Sir Thomas Holme's Book of Arms) (index Heraldry)

Coloured drawing of a knight in armour and tabard. This manuscript, together with two other manuscripts (London, British Library, Add. 45133 and London, Guildhall Library, Print Room (s.n.)) is known as 'Sir Thomas Holme's Book' because his arms appear in

• Coloured drawing of a knight in armour and tabard., Legh's Men of Arms (manuscript also known as Sir Thomas Holme's Book of Arms) (index Heraldry)

Coloured drawing of a knight in armour and tabard. This manuscript, together with two other manuscripts (London, British Library, Add. 45133 and London, Guildhall Library, Print Room (s.n.)) is known as 'Sir Thomas Holme's Book' because his arms appear in