• Detail of illuminated initial., Psalter ('The Spycer Psalter')

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 8).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Detail of decorated intiial., Psalter ('The Spycer Psalter')

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 8).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Detail of illuminated initial., Bible

1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.3.12’, f. [iv]).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Detail of decorated initials., Bible

1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.3.12’, f. [iv]).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Decorated initials 'K'(alende) and 'A'(pud) at the beginning of the martyrology for the month of January., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology

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

• Decorated initial and letters 'K'(alende) at the beginning of the martyrology for February., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology

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

• Decorated initials 'A'(pud) and 'K'(alendre) at the beginning of the martyrology for May., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology

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

• Puzzle initial 'A' in the letter of Benedict to his followers, the 'Admonitio', which concerns daily practices and discipline., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology

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

• Illuminated miniature of the Crucifixion with Christ on a green cross flanked by Mary and John., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology

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

• Historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) with three men, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Office of the Dead; Hours of the Virgin

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

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) with the Virgin? holding up an unfurled scroll, and a smaller historiated initial 'V'(enite), at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Office of the Dead; Hours of the Virgin

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

• Medieval list of contents of the volume, with a probable shelfmark 'CXIII'., Epistolae, De habitu virginum, De lapsis, and other works

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

• Initial 'C'(iprianus) with foliate and geometric penwork decoration, at the beginning of Cyprianus's Epistolae., Epistolae, De habitu virginum, De lapsis, and other works

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

• Decorated initials in alternating colours in Cyprianus's Testimoniorum adversus Judaeos, book I., Epistolae, De habitu virginum, De lapsis, and other works

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

• Medieval lists of the contents of the volume, and shelfmark., Speculum, De disciplina christiananorum, and other texts

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp:'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its bookplate, with the added pencil inscription 'XIII: 6.8', inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together

• Initial 'R'(everentissimo) at the beginning of Pseudo-Alcuin's (Adalbertus of Metz) Speculum., Speculum, De disciplina christiananorum, and other texts

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp:'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its bookplate, with the added pencil inscription 'XIII: 6.8', inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together

• Initial 'Q'(ui) with an animal's head in the bowl of the letter., Speculum, De disciplina christiananorum, and other texts

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp:'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its bookplate, with the added pencil inscription 'XIII: 6.8', inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together

• Initial 'E'(xceptiones) at the beginning of Ivo of Chartres' Panormia, the ownership inscription of Newburgh: 'Liber Sancte Marie de Novoburgo' in the upper margin., Panormia

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

• Initial 'C'(redimus) in Ivo of Chartres' Panormia, decorated with a foliate pattern close to the design of initials produced at St Mary's York, according to Lawrence-Mathers 2003 p. 188., Panormia

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

• Decorated initial 'M' and puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam) in Constantinus Africanus's Viaticum ou De omnium morborum cognitione de Allopicia., Viaticum; De elephantia aliisque morbis (ff. 92v-94v)

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