• Historiated initial 'D' of the Adoration of the Magi, with three-sided partial border of heavy acanthus ornament inhabited by a kneeling figure, human heads, and gold bezants, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of the Virgin., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Detail of a historiated initial 'V' of a funeral service, at the beginning of Matins in the Office of the Dead., Leaves from a Book of Hours, containing text for Matins (ff. 7-8); Lauds (f. 8v); None (f. 9); and Vespers (ff. 9-9v) in the Office of the Dead

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 large historiated

• Detail of a historiated initial 'C' of the Dispute with the Doctors, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Virgin., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D' of the Presentation in the Temple, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D' of the Adoration of the Magi, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of the Virgin., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D' of the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds, at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Text page from Sext in the Hours of the Virgin with the initials 'C', 'E', and initial 'O'., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Historiated initial 'D' of Christ before Pilate, with extension into margins of acanthus-like foliage inhabited by drolleries and bezants with single hair-line embellishment. The loss of pigment on Pilate's face is probably the result of censorship. The text has been erased., Leaf of a Book of Hours, containing the text for the end of Matins and Prime in the Long Hours of the Cross [erased]

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 historiated initial

• Flyleaf with inscription of the title., Thebais (index Thebaid), with gloss, accessus, and anonymous life

perhaps as an attribution rather than a note of possession). ? Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (b. 1754 d. 1838): his sale, London, 8 May 1816, lot 3439, bought by Burney for £6 6s.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired

• Flourished initials, at the beginning of Isaac Israelita's Liber de urinis., Liber de urinis

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

• Decorated initial 'I'(n ye) wit a full border, at the beginning of Genesis., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial with border London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of an pen-flourished initial 'I'(ou)., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Pen-flourished initial London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of the left-hand column of the folio with two pen-flourished initials., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Pen-flourished initials London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of a decorated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of Esther., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial London England, S. E. (London?)

• Foliate Initial 'T'(he book) with a full border, at the beginning of Matthew., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Foliate initial London England, S. E. (London?)

• Coloured map of the world in two hemispheres., Le premier livre de la cosmographie en rhetorique francoyse

/ de France (f. 1). It does not describe Henry as king of Ireland (a title Henry assumed in June 1541). Map of the world Jean Mallard Jean Mallard Jean Mallard Jean Mallard London England, S. E. (London), or France

• Historiated initial 'B' of God in Majesty above four saints, including two Franciscans, measuring 90 x 95 mm (upper centre)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Map of the world and an illuminated initial 'I'(cy), and the beginning of the text., Le premier livre de la cosmographie en rhetorique francoyse

/ de France (f. 1). It does not describe Henry as king of Ireland (a title Henry assumed in June 1541). Map of the world Jean Mallard Jean Mallard Jean Mallard Jean Mallard London England, S. E. (London), or France

• Scribal colophon: Ff. R. Hethfeld'., Liber de planctu naturae

115);Karolellus: Metrical version of Turpin's Chronicle (ff. 136-149v);Genealogical table (ff. 150-156v);Itinerary for a journey from London to Avignon and back (f. 157)Chess treatise (ff. 161-173). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. First letters of sentences highlighted in yellow. Ink drawing

• Detail of inscription., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

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