• Initials with pen-flourishing, in Isaac Judaeus' De diaetis universalibus et particularibus., Medical miscellany, with glosses, the Ars medicine

1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.8.08’, f. [iii]).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) with human head, in Haimo Halberstatensis's In Apocalypsim., In Apocalypsim (ff. 1-106), In Cantica Canticorum (ff. 107-135v)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.8.5’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Puzzle initial 'A'(pocalipsis), in Haimo Halberstatensis's In Apocalypsim., In Apocalypsim (ff. 1-106), In Cantica Canticorum (ff. 107-135v)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.8.5’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Decorated initial., Medical miscellany, with glosses, the Ars medicine

1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.8.08’, f. [iii]).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Calendar page with illuminated initials., Kalendarium, cum figuris eclipsum, tabulis, et canonibus

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2v; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.6.26’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Detail of puzzle initial., Miscellany of legal texts

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 decorated initial with a lion., De apibus

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

• Coloured initial 'F'(raternas) at the beginning of book 1of Statius's Thebaid, now oxided, and smaller initial capitals highlighted in red., 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

• Decorated initial 'I'(n)., Sermons and excerpts

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

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uecumque) with a face., Patristic excerpts

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. 4; its book-stamp, inside upper

• Puzzle initial 'K'(arissimo), at the beginning of Guillelmus de Monte Lauduno's Sacramentale., Miscellany of legal texts

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 'D'(ixit), at the beginning of Psalm 109., Old Testament

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

• Flourished initial 'P'(er), at the beginning of Bartolus de Saxoferrato's Lectura super secunda parte Infortiati., Lectura super secunda parte Infortiati

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

• Flourished initials 'L'(iber), and 'D'(icitur) with a human face, at the beginning of Egidius Corboliensis'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

• Text page., Polychronicon with other historical works

the 17th-century list of contents (f. 2) and in David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734).A part of the manuscript including Nicolas Trevet's Annales sex regum Angliae, a list of Anglo-Saxon kings, the Revelationes

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost), with a partial bar border., Polychronicon with other historical works

the 17th-century list of contents (f. 2) and in David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734).A part of the manuscript including Nicolas Trevet's Annales sex regum Angliae, a list of Anglo-Saxon kings, the Revelationes

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uinta), at the beginning of book 3 of the Polychronicon., Polychronicon with other historical works

the 17th-century list of contents (f. 2) and in David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734).A part of the manuscript including Nicolas Trevet's Annales sex regum Angliae, a list of Anglo-Saxon kings, the Revelationes

• Historiated and foliate initial 'L' of the Martyrdom of John the Baptist with the executioner holding up the saint’s severed head., Cutting from a choir book

by her soon after World War II through her brother, Tomás Harris, managing director of the Spanish Art Gallery in London. Accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of inheritance tax from the estates of Miss Violeta Harris and her sister,

• Historiated initial 'V'(enerabilibus) of Guido de Baysio presenting his book to the pope Boniface VIII, with a partial border, at the beginning of Guido de Baysio's Apparatus ad Sextum., Apparatus ad Sextum; De regulis iuris; Liber sextus Decretalium with the glossa ordinaria; Apparatus ad Sextum

Historiated initial 'V'(enerabilibus) of Guido de Baysio presenting his book to the pope Boniface VIII, with a partial border, at the beginning of Guido de Baysio's Apparatus ad Sextum. Includes: Guido de Baysio, Apparatus ad Sextum (ff. 1-136v); Dino

• Miniature of the pope Boniface VIII giving the book to two clerics, at the beginning of Liber sextus., Apparatus ad Sextum; De regulis iuris; Liber sextus Decretalium with the glossa ordinaria; Apparatus ad Sextum

Miniature of the pope Boniface VIII giving the book to two clerics, at the beginning of Liber sextus. Includes: Guido de Baysio, Apparatus ad Sextum (ff. 1-136v); Dino da Mugello, De regulis iuris (ff. 137-160v);The Liber sextus Decretalium with