• Illuminated initial 'A'(ctum) with a partial bar border, at the beginning of book 10., Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• Detail of a miniature of Jean de Meun writing the opening words of his poem (which begins on f. 28), in the Roman de la Rose., Roman de la Rose

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Three miniatures of Felony and Villainy, Coveriousness and Avarice, in the Roman de la Rose., Roman de la Rose

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Illuminated initial 'A'(nno), with a partial border, at the beginning of book 2., Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• Illuminated initial 'P'(ost) with a partial border, at the beginning of book 5., Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• Detail of an angel holding a scroll with a catchword., Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• null, Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• null, Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• null, Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• null, Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• Illuminated initial 'D'(a michi), with a full border, at the beginning of the prologue., Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• null, Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• Decorated initial 'KL', accompanied by a bar developing foliate extensions with a dragon, at the beginning of August in the Calendar., 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

• Diagrams of the eclipse of the moon., 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

• 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 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

• 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

• Miniature of the Death and Assumption of the Virgin, of the Virgin Mary's entombment and the passing of her soul to Christ, surrounded by a crowd of apostles and angels, and her Assumption to heaven in a mandorla, within a mosaic-like frame., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index antiphoner, antiphonal)

his sale 26 June 1885, lot 124.George Salting (b. 1835, d. 1909), art collector and benefactor: probably purchased from Colnaghi, London art dealers (Kanter); bequeathed by him to the British Museum.Transferred from the Department of Prints and Drawings of the