• Inscription., Lectura super tertio libro Decretalium

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. s684), 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

• Detail of inscription., Lectura super tertio libro Decretalium

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. s684), 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

• Coloured initial., Lectura super tertio libro Decretalium

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. s684), 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

• Detail of coloured initial., Lectura super tertio libro Decretalium

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. s684), 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

• Historiated border men driving sheep from a shed, for April., Texts and decoration added to a Book of Hours

his armorial bookplate (inside upper cover). Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 8 May 1847 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Miniature of George fighting the dragon, with a full border with George passing the king's daughter, at the beginning of a prayer to George., Texts and decoration added to a Book of Hours

his armorial bookplate (inside upper cover). Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 8 May 1847 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Historiated border with sheep shearing, for June., Texts and decoration added to a Book of Hours

his armorial bookplate (inside upper cover). Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 8 May 1847 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Headpiece and coloured initial., Commentary on Claudius Ptolemaeus's Harmonica

~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7950 (‘Porphyrii Commentarius in Harmonica Ptolemaei, Graece’): his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12856, bought by Edwards for £1.James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector and

• Decorated initial 'T'(hees) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the Mirror of the Life of Christ., Mirror of the Life of Christ (ff. 1-221v), and the first leaf of the Traité pour Essamples les Amantz Marietz (ff. 223-223v)

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. 1v; its book-plate with the

• Puzzle initial 'T', decorated initial 'C', and decorated border., Miscellany, including Convertimini (ff. 28-77v); Moralitates (ff. 78-94); Lumen anime; De regimine principum (ff. 136-222v)

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 'T'(hees), at the beginning of the Mirror of the Life of Christ., Mirror of the Life of Christ (ff. 1-221v), and the first leaf of the Traité pour Essamples les Amantz Marietz (ff. 223-223v)

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. 1v; its book-plate with the

• Colophon at the end of the text, stating that it was copied by Peter of Hungary in 1426., Lectura super tertio libro Decretalium

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. s684), 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

• Flourished initial 'C'(um), and three-sided border, at the beginning of Alanus de Insulis's De planctu naturae., De planctu naturae (ff. 1-57v); Philobiblon (ff. 58-101v)

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

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uintus), at the beginning of Cicero's De amicitia., De amicitia (ff. 5-44), De senectute (ff. 45-69v), and others

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. 5; its book-plate with the

• Puzzle initial 'I'(mpaciens), with pen-flourishing and decorated extensions, at the beginning of Marchesinus's Mammotrectus., Mammotrectus super Bibliam (ends imperfectly)

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

• Detail of decorated initial., De consolatione philosophiae, imperfect

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 bookplate, inscribed in

• Detail of decorated initial., Historical works, including Aelred's Genealogia regum Anglorum (ff. 133-146)

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); its shelfmark, pencil inscription

• Initial with reserved designs,, Scala paradisi, etc.

deputatus ad usum monachorum sancti Georgij maioris de Venetijs numero 190' (f. 1).Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13 July 1841 (note on 2nd flyleaf), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of David kneeling and pointing to his eye, at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

c. 1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uemadmodum) at the beginning of Psalm 41., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)