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Parchment 228 152 mm 1 6 , ff. 1r-12v; 2 6 , ff. 13r-24v, catchword; 3 6 , ff. 25r-36v, catchword; 4 6 , ff. 37r-48v, catchword; 5 6 , ff. 49r-60v, catchword; 6 6 + 1 singleton, ff. 61r-71v;

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lines in Items 1, 2 and 4, 55-65 lines in Item 5, 30 lines in Item 6. Double columns and 61 lines in Item 3. Ruled in lead but now no longer visible or very faint. Scribe 1 (ff. 1r-94r;

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and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 150), Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: not mapped, LP 21. Ff. 81r-84r - Scribal Dialect: South Nottinghamshire 'but written by a scribe of Lichfield' (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 150), Linguistic Atlas

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sloth. Latin Codex Parchment 205 125 mm 1 8 ; 2 6 + 1 leaf after 3 (f. 12) and 1 leaf after 6 (f. 16); 3-4 8 ; 5 8 + 1 leaf after 3 (f. 36); 6 4

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a later hand, regarding the Holy Blood of Hailes Abbey in Gloucestershire. Latin Codex Parchment 265 190 mm ii + 1 6 (wants 4); 2 8 , ff. 6r-13v, catchword; 3 8 , ff. 14r-21v, catchword; 4 8 , ff.

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49v, 61v, 73v, 85v, 87v, 108v, 121v. Collation as it survives today, quite complicated in the first and last quires: 1 12 (wants 1-3, 10-11); 2 12 (wants 1-2, 8-7, 11-12); 3 12 ; 4-12 12 ; 13 12 (only

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Horstmann 1892, p. 1. ff. 112r-114v Assumption of the Virgin (IMEV 2165 ) 'þer to ne letteþ hem haue no myȝt'. 'ffor hit was in þe tumbe yleyde' English Lumby 1866, 1901. Codex Parchment 362 250 mm 1 6 ;

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C.5.7 s. xv in English Latin Scribe 1 - Scribal Dialect: Staffordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 418 327, LP 215 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 4, p. 237). Scribe 2 writes a Latin text. Scribe 3 - Scribal Dialect:

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ms: 'a 8 (wants 1,2); b-g 8 ; h 8 (wants 1, 8); i-m 8 ; n 8 (wants 4-8); o 2 (both gone): 95 ff. (out of 106); 1, 2, 57, 64, 100-6 lost)'. Pricking not visible. Writing space

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[mutilated ] '. Only a small portion of f. 100 remains. Morris 1863; Waters 1976. Codex Parchment 238 170 mm 1 8 , 2 8 (with 8 excised), 3-4 8 , 5 10 , 6-12 8 , 13 ?6 (wanting

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Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 4, p. 238). Hand of f. 12v - Shropshire (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin, 1986, vol. 1, p. 149). A fifteenth-century copy of John Mirk's Instructions for Parish Priests copied by John Holyns. ff. 1r-33v John

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of England , edited from MS. Rawl. B 171 , 2 vols, EETS, os, 13 1, London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Tr ü bner, 1. Harris, K. 1983. ‘ The Origins and Make-Up of Cambridge University Library MS. Ff.1.6 ’

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188v-190r, with the title 'Practica Edwardi [Nigri ] , Universitatis Oxonie qui fuit...cirurgicus'. Codex Paper and parchment. 250 195 mm 1 8 ; 2-7 12 ; 8 11 ; 9-10 10 . Pricking: none apparent. Writing space of 195 x

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'...ferþe for he is uncertayne'. 'That for oure heele on roode gan hynge. Amen'. English Codex Parchment 185 115 mm 1 8 , ff. 1-8v, catchword; 2 8 , ff. 9r-16v, catchword; 3 8 , 17r-24v, catchword; 4 8 ,

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English Scribe 1 (ff. 4r-115v), Scribal Dialect: Herefordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 350 218, LP 7260 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 4, p. 199). Scribe 3 (ff. 150r-183v), Scribal Dialect: Derbyshire (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p.

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Library Additional 36791 s. xv 1 English Scribal Dialect: Warwickshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 437 258, LP 8070 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 245). An early fifteenth-century copy (c. 1425) of the Speculum Sacerdotale : a series of addresses

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155 mm Collation: Rebinding obscures evidence; probably eights throughout. Item 1: Page layout - single columns, 30 lines, drypoint, pricking not visible. Writing space - 185 x 105 mm. Item 1: One or possibly two scribes writing in an Anglicana

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Codex Parchment. Poor quality - thick, uneven, frequently discoloured and patched, irregular sizes. 250 180 mm One leaf (f. 1),1 8 (ff. 3r-6v, 9r-12v), 2-3 8 (ff. 13r-28v), 4-6 6 (ff. 29r-46v), 7-9 8 (ff. 47r-70v), 10 6 (ff.

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English ff. 133r-139r Matthew 1 'Matheu seiþ in þe firste chapytyl on þis wyse'. ' & ne lede us not in temptacyon but delyuere us of yuel. Amen'. English Codex Parchment 180 130 mm Irregular quires: 1 8 , ff.

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and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library , San Marino, Ca.: Huntington Library, 1, pp. 237-239. Hanna, R. 1984. The Index of Middle English Prose. Handlist 1. Handlist of Manuscripts Containing Middle English Prose in the Henry E. Huntington Library