• Illuminated headpiece and initial., Various theological works

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'(harmonike) and marginal diagrams at the beginning of Ptolemy's Harmonica., 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

• Partial knotwork headpiece and decorated initial 'O'(rbis) at the beginning of Pomponius Mela's De chorographia., De chorographia (ff. 1-23), and other works, including an account of a sea voyage (ff. 23v-25v)

(his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7931): his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12837, bought by Burney for £1 2s.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical

• Bar border with extensions ending in grotesques with human faces, decorated initial with silver, smaller initials with foliate penwork decoration, and in the lower margin, the ink stamp of the Royal Society., Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 33-42v); and the Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni (ff. 43-71)

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'(lexander) with ivy leaves and a partial bar border., Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 33-42v); and the Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni (ff. 43-71)

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

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ixerat) at the beginning of book 5 of Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae., 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

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uator), at the beginning of Egidius Corboliensis's Liber de pulsibus versibus., Liber de pulsibus versibus

of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.Inscribed 'H' (f. 1) as in many other Arundel manuscripts.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Bar border with extensions ending in grotesques with human faces, decorated initial with silver, and smaller initials with foliate penwork decoration., Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 33-42v); and the Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni (ff. 43-71)

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 'S'(ecundus) and partial foliate border., Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 33-42v); and the Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni (ff. 43-71)

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 'S'(ecundus)., Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 33-42v); and the Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni (ff. 43-71)

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

• Pen-flourished initial., Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 33-42v); and the Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni (ff. 43-71)

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

• Detail of a historiated initial 'H'(enricus) enclosing the imperial falcon of Anne Boleyn against a background of the royal colours., Patents granted to Anne Boleyn as Marquess of Pembroke

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. Imperial falcon London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, with the Virgin and John the Evangelist, at the beginning of the Te igitur in a Missal., Missal

1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.1.2’, f. [v]).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Initial 'A'(nti) with floral penwork decoration and decorated border., Historical and theological miscellany, including excerpts from the Granarium, part II, and a commentary on Sacrobosco's De sphaera (ff. 183-198)

(f. 9); black ink drawing of a lion rampant (f. 1v) and index. Note that he also purchased Whethamstede's chronicle, London, College of Arms, Arundel 3, in 1589 (see Howlett 1974).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of

• Puzzle initial 'C' with foliate penwork decoration and pen-flourishing., Historical and theological miscellany, including excerpts from the Granarium, part II, and a commentary on Sacrobosco's De sphaera (ff. 183-198)

(f. 9); black ink drawing of a lion rampant (f. 1v) and index. Note that he also purchased Whethamstede's chronicle, London, College of Arms, Arundel 3, in 1589 (see Howlett 1974).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of

• Miniature of six scenes from the Passion of Christ, from the De Lisle Psalter (Arundel 83 II): Christ before Pilate, the Mocking of Christ, Christ before Herod and a Jewish priest, the Blindfolding of Christ, the Flagellation of Christ, and Christ carrying the cross., Psalter (the 'De Lisle Psalter'; 'Arundel 83 II'), including a Sarum calendar (ff. 117-122v), followed by 24 illustrations: 13 moral, devotional, and theological diagrams, 9 pages of images of the life of Christ, and two facing miniatures of the Madonna and child and the Crucifixion (ff. 123v-135)

London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Passion of Christ Master of the Madonna

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, from the De Lisle Psalter (Arundel 83 II), with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist on either side of the Crucified Christ. Above, a pelican nests with its young, flanked by two angels holding golden globes., Psalter (the 'De Lisle Psalter'; 'Arundel 83 II'), including a Sarum calendar (ff. 117-122v), followed by 24 illustrations: 13 moral, devotional, and theological diagrams, 9 pages of images of the life of Christ, and two facing miniatures of the Madonna and child and the Crucifixion (ff. 123v-135)

Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Crucifixion Master of the Madonna London England,

• Table of the Ten Commandments from the De Lisle Psalter (Arundel 83 II). The central column of medallions lists the Ten Commandments; on the right, offences against Mosaic law are listed, and on the left are the ten plagues of Egypt. In the upper left corner, Christ reaches out towads Moses, pictured opposite (with his hair twisted into horns), holding in his hand the stone tablets containing the Ten Commandments. The bottom of the page shows the raising of the brazen calf., Psalter (the 'De Lisle Psalter'; 'Arundel 83 II'), including a Sarum calendar (ff. 117-122v), followed by 24 illustrations: 13 moral, devotional, and theological diagrams, 9 pages of images of the life of Christ, and two facing miniatures of the Madonna and child and the Crucifixion (ff. 123v-135)

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. 2).Purchased by the British Museum

• Six scenes from the life of Christ from the Delisle Psalter (Arundel 83 II): the Nativity, the Annunciation to the Shepherds, the Circumcision, the Adoration of the Magi, the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, and the Flight into Egypt., Psalter (the 'De Lisle Psalter'; 'Arundel 83 II'), including a Sarum calendar (ff. 117-122v), followed by 24 illustrations: 13 moral, devotional, and theological diagrams, 9 pages of images of the life of Christ, and two facing miniatures of the Madonna and child and the Crucifixion (ff. 123v-135)

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. 2).Purchased by the British Museum

• The Three Living and the Three Dead, from the De Lisle Psalter (Arundel 83 II). Three living princes, on the left, encounter three corpses, on the right. Below is a Middle French poem describing the encounter., Psalter (the 'De Lisle Psalter'; 'Arundel 83 II'), including a Sarum calendar (ff. 117-122v), followed by 24 illustrations: 13 moral, devotional, and theological diagrams, 9 pages of images of the life of Christ, and two facing miniatures of the Madonna and child and the Crucifixion (ff. 123v-135)

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. 2).Purchased by the British Museum