• Detail of a miniature of a snake and a bird., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Snake and bird Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'R'(adix), formed from a snake and a crowned tree., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Zoomorphic initial Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'C'., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Illuminated initial Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Pedigrees of the Midleton of Leighton (index Middleton) and More of Bankhall with their cotas of arms and crests., 'The Visitacion of Lancashire' (index Visitation of Lancashire) (unfinished)

of Lancashire) (unfinished) William Smith (b. c. 1550, d. 1618), herald, playwright and topographer, c. 1575 citizen and Haberdasher of London, Rouge Dragon Pursuivant in 1597: written by him in 1598 following a visitation in 1467 (f. 2*), notes probably

• Coloured drawing of the map of Lancashire dated and signed by William Smith, 1598., 'The Visitacion of Lancashire' (index Visitation of Lancashire) (unfinished)

of Lancashire) (unfinished) William Smith (b. c. 1550, d. 1618), herald, playwright and topographer, c. 1575 citizen and Haberdasher of London, Rouge Dragon Pursuivant in 1597: written by him in 1598 following a visitation in 1467 (f. 2*), notes probably

• Coloured drawing of the map of Lancashire dated and signed by William Smith, 1598., 'The Visitacion of Lancashire' (index Visitation of Lancashire) (unfinished)

of Lancashire) (unfinished) William Smith (b. c. 1550, d. 1618), herald, playwright and topographer, c. 1575 citizen and Haberdasher of London, Rouge Dragon Pursuivant in 1597: written by him in 1598 following a visitation in 1467 (f. 2*), notes probably

• Orrell of Orrell pedigree., 'The Visitacion of Lancashire' (index Visitation of Lancashire) (unfinished)

of Lancashire) (unfinished) William Smith (b. c. 1550, d. 1618), herald, playwright and topographer, c. 1575 citizen and Haberdasher of London, Rouge Dragon Pursuivant in 1597: written by him in 1598 following a visitation in 1467 (f. 2*), notes probably

• Miniature of the month of May, with a seated young man receives fruit and flowers from a courtly group composed of a dwarf, three girls and five youths, some of whom play musical instruments in the foreground. In the landscape in the background two peasants labour, one scything and the other carrying baskets., Calendar leaf from the Book of Hours, Use of Rome, of Bona Sforza (the 'Sforza Hours') (index Sforza Hours) (May)

F. Warner, ~Miniatures and Borders from the Book of Hours of Bona Sforza, Duchess of Milan in the British Museum~ (London: Trustees, 1894), pp. viii-ix). Three detached leaves, an Adoration of the Magi (Add. 45722), the calendar miniature for the

• Full-page miniature of peasants and noblemen engaged in the occupations and labours of the month of October: peasants making wine in the background and nobles hawking in the foreground., Calendar leaf from the Book of Hours, Use of Rome, of Bona Sforza (the 'Sforza Hours') (index Sforza Hours) (October)

F. Warner, ~Miniatures and Borders from the Book of Hours of Bona Sforza, Duchess of Milan in the British Museum~ (London: Trustees, 1894), pp. viii-ix). Three detached leaves, an Adoration of the Magi (Add. 45722), the calendar miniature for the

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a standing woman., Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar

tables and calendar Former shelfmark (?) 'XVC' (f. 1).Charles White, London barber-surgeon in 1532, written by Nicholas Browne: inscription 'compylyd y me Charles Whytte Cittezen and Barboure Cirurgyon of london And Wrytton by the hande of Nycholas Browne the vj

• Detail of a marginal drawing., Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar

tables and calendar Former shelfmark (?) 'XVC' (f. 1).Charles White, London barber-surgeon in 1532, written by Nicholas Browne: inscription 'compylyd y me Charles Whytte Cittezen and Barboure Cirurgyon of london And Wrytton by the hande of Nycholas Browne the vj

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a container and bowl (?)., Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar

tables and calendar Former shelfmark (?) 'XVC' (f. 1).Charles White, London barber-surgeon in 1532, written by Nicholas Browne: inscription 'compylyd y me Charles Whytte Cittezen and Barboure Cirurgyon of london And Wrytton by the hande of Nycholas Browne the vj

• Detail of a marginal drawing., Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar

tables and calendar Former shelfmark (?) 'XVC' (f. 1).Charles White, London barber-surgeon in 1532, written by Nicholas Browne: inscription 'compylyd y me Charles Whytte Cittezen and Barboure Cirurgyon of london And Wrytton by the hande of Nycholas Browne the vj

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a tonsured man., Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar

tables and calendar Former shelfmark (?) 'XVC' (f. 1).Charles White, London barber-surgeon in 1532, written by Nicholas Browne: inscription 'compylyd y me Charles Whytte Cittezen and Barboure Cirurgyon of london And Wrytton by the hande of Nycholas Browne the vj

• Detail of calligraphic specimens with decorated initial 'O' signed by Petruccio Ubaldini, dated 1550, and dedicated to Edward VI (in the fourth year of his reign)., Specimens of Calligraphy

Gilson 1921).In the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 42, no, 3.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Calligraphic specimens Petruccio Ubaldini Petruccio Ubaldini London England, S. E. (London)

• Miniature of the Immaculate Conception and of Henry VII kneeling, with a trompe l'oeil border, and an illuminated large initial with the royal coat of arms., Proper of the Mass for the Immaculate Conception

Conception in London (founded in 1503): another manuscript suggesting Henry VII's connection with this confraternity is Oxford, Christ Church Ms. 179, containing a petition to the king requesting permission to establish a confraternity for French residents in London and its

• Detail of a miniature of the Immaculate Conception and of Henry VII kneeling., Proper of the Mass for the Immaculate Conception

Conception in London (founded in 1503): another manuscript suggesting Henry VII's connection with this confraternity is Oxford, Christ Church Ms. 179, containing a petition to the king requesting permission to establish a confraternity for French residents in London and its

• Text of a prayer mentioning Henry VII; ‘ut rex noster Henricus sep/timus…’., Proper of the Mass for the Immaculate Conception

Conception in London (founded in 1503): another manuscript suggesting Henry VII's connection with this confraternity is Oxford, Christ Church Ms. 179, containing a petition to the king requesting permission to establish a confraternity for French residents in London and its

• Historiated initial 'C' of the Vision of Ezechiel. On the reverse, two four-line red staves, musical notation and text '...ue sub ipso /…le bant'., Cuttings from an Antiphoner (index antiphonar, antiphonal)

1800; Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Marlay Cuttings It 19; Lille, Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. PL 708; London, Victoria and Albert Museum, ms. 1005 n. 4145; London, Wallace Collection, M330; Munich, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, inv. no. 19796; Paris, Musée Marmottan, Wildenstein Collection,

• Historiated initial 'C' of Helen praying before the Cross. On the reverse, two four-line red staves, musical notation and text '...cut docuit /…lo'., Cuttings from an Antiphoner (index antiphonar, antiphonal)

1800; Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Marlay Cuttings It 19; Lille, Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. PL 708; London, Victoria and Albert Museum, ms. 1005 n. 4145; London, Wallace Collection, M330; Munich, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, inv. no. 19796; Paris, Musée Marmottan, Wildenstein Collection,