• Woodcut of the Virgin and Child., Collection of Scottish poetry

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

• Woodcut of Mary being stabbed by five swords., Collection of Scottish poetry

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

• Woodcut of the Virgin and Child and Anne., Collection of Scottish poetry

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

• Woodcut of the Virgin and Child and Anne., Collection of Scottish poetry

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

• Woodcut of the Virgin and Child and Anne., Collection of Scottish poetry

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

• Detail of a woodcut of the Virgin and Child, within a rosary, and with the sun and moon., Collection of Scottish poetry

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

• Woodcut of the Pieta., Collection of Scottish poetry

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

• Woodcut of the Virgin and Child with Anne., Collection of Scottish poetry

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

• Woodcut of the Annunciation., Collection of Scottish poetry

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

• Prayers., Collection of Scottish poetry

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

• Prayers., Collection of Scottish poetry

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

• Detail of illuminated initial., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 41.Unidentified reader, 17th century(?), who has written a title and a ten-line note (f.

• Detail of decorated initial., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 41.Unidentified reader, 17th century(?), who has written a title and a ten-line note (f.

• Decorated initial 'A'(d) at the beginning of Guitmundus's De corpore et sanguine Domini., De corpore et sanguine Domini (ff. 1-16v); Sermon De sacramento altaris (sermon 52) (ff. 16v-17)

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).Purchased by the British Museum

• Decorated initial 'A'(udi) at the beginning of the Pseudo-Basil's Monita ad monachos., De corpore et sanguine Domini (ff. 18-28v); Monita ad monachos (Admonitio ad filium) (incomplete) (ff. 29-33v)

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.', ff. 18, 26).Purchased by the British

• Three coloured initials 'D'(um) and inscription 'Cirencestrie'., Liber testimonium veteris testamenti (parts 1 and 3); Sermo (f. 117); In canticum canticorum (9 excerpts)(f. 117v)

end of each quire.An inscription, now lost, of the 2nd half of the twelfth century (similar to the one in London, British Library Royal 3 A. xii, f. 1) stated that the manuscript was written by Walter, canon and deacon

• Detail of initial 'D'(um) with foliate decoration., Liber testimonium veteris testamenti (parts 1 and 3); Sermo (f. 117); In canticum canticorum (9 excerpts)(f. 117v)

end of each quire.An inscription, now lost, of the 2nd half of the twelfth century (similar to the one in London, British Library Royal 3 A. xii, f. 1) stated that the manuscript was written by Walter, canon and deacon

• Detail of coloured initials 'V'(squequo) and 'H'(omo) in the lower right-hand column of the folio., Liber testimonium veteris testamenti (parts 1 and 3); Sermo (f. 117); In canticum canticorum (9 excerpts)(f. 117v)

end of each quire.An inscription, now lost, of the 2nd half of the twelfth century (similar to the one in London, British Library Royal 3 A. xii, f. 1) stated that the manuscript was written by Walter, canon and deacon

• Zoomorphic initial 'G'(regorius)., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

his collection, no. 399 (see ~The Lumley Library: The Catalogue of 1609~, ed. by Sears Jayne and Francis R. Johnson (London: British Museum, 1956)); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(mos) with an animal head., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

his collection, no. 399 (see ~The Lumley Library: The Catalogue of 1609~, ed. by Sears Jayne and Francis R. Johnson (London: British Museum, 1956)); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child