• Manchester, Chetham's Library 11379 (Mum. A.6.90) / Polychronicon Scribe

England, London, British Library MS Cotton Tiberius D. VII Volume 1 Manchester, Chetham's Library 11379 (Mum. A.6.90) Current Manuscript: Manchester, Chetham's Library 11379 (Mum. A.6.90) Folios: 1-178 Sampled Folios: 35v, 64v Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of Chetham's Library a

• London, British Library, Harley 3954 / Herun?

Scribal Profile Herun? Current Manuscript: London, British Library, Harley 3954 Folios: 1-123 Sampled Folios: 92r Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'a'; the hand appears very spikey. 'a' is always double compartment usually

• USA, Chicago, Newberry Library f.33.7 / Unknown

comes in variety. Here a simple looped version which is basically two 'v's.. Usage: 'wittes'; this 'w' alternates with version 1 to no apparent pattern. Usage: 'What'; found at the beginning of a stanza and with rather exaggerated head-strokes. Notice

• Cambridge, University Library MS Dd. 3. 53 Part 1 / Hand A

Cambridge, University Library MS Dd. 3. 53 Part 1 Identification: Similar to Hoccleve Folios: 5-14v Sampled Folios: 5r, 7v, 13r a Usage: 'villa'; single compartment 'a' is used throughout. Usage: 'patri'; a second version of 'a' with horned head. Usage:

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Laud misc. 416 / Hand 1

Profile Hand 1 Current Manuscript: Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Laud misc. 416 Folios: 1-187v Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, 2011; all rights reserved a Usage: 'above'; the scribe uses a selection of single

• Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury School Fragment / Unknown

Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury School Fragment Folios: Side 1, side 2 Sampled Folios: One folio fragment used for binding. Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of Shrewsbury School a Usage: 'an'; a careful hand with single compartment 'a' used throughout. Usage: 'mannes'; Usage:

• London, Lambeth Palace Library MS 491, Part 1 / HM 114 Scribe

British Library MS Harley 3943 London, Lambeth Palace Library MS 491, Part 1 USA, California, San Marino, Henry E. Huntington Library MS HM 114 London, Corporation of London Record Office, Letterbook I London, Corporation of London Record Office, Cust. 12

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Douce 322 / Devotional Works

Manuscript Description Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Douce 322 MS Appellation: SC 21896 Title: Devotional Works Contents: Lydgate's Calendar; 9 lessons of the Dirige; Parce Michi Domine; Orilogium Sapientiae; How to Die, religious didactic works in English prose including

• London, British Library, MS Sloane 3501 / Master of Game

See also J.J.G. Alexander, 'William Abell, 'Lymnour' and 15th Century English Illumination' notes that the same artist did NLS Advocates' 18.1.7 (Nicholas Love), Manchester Rylands Eng. 1 (Troy Book), and Bodl. Laud Misc. 733 (Chronicle of England to Henry V).

• Cambridge, Trinity College MS O.3.11 (1183) / D'Oresme on changing money, London Charters

paper, new with binding(?) + parchment stub + 2 original flyleaves ruled but not written until c. 17th century + 1 parchment original flyleaf + 157 leaves of text written by scribe + folios 158-178 ruled by scribe and some

• Oxford, Magdalen College MS Lat. 213 / Confessio Amantis

pale purple ink. Writing Space: Two columns, comparable with other Gowers, with ca. 2 inches at the top and sides, 1 inch between columns, and 3 inches at the bottom. Incipits and Explicits: Large black display script with document style

• London, British Library MS Additional 22139 / Confessio Amantis

C Material: Parchment No of Folios: 1 marbled matches pastedown + 3 heavy paper flyleaves + 2 older, lighter paper flyleaves + 138 folios (not counting missing ones) + 3 heavy paper + 1 marbled Pagination: Modern pencil, upper outer

• Scotland, Glasgow, Glasgow University Library MS Hunter 59 (T.2.17) / Vox Clamantis; Chronica Tripertita; Caetera Carmina Minora; Traite

blue to begin Prologue on f7; 8-line blue initial with pink on gold ground with intricate patterning to begin chapter 1; thereafter similar illuminated initials begin books 3, 5 and 7. Gold 4-line initial with purple pen flourishing begins Chronica.

• England, London, British Library MS Sloane 1825 / Regiment of Princes

1 parchment original fly foliated as f1 + text ff2-88 + 89-91 parchment with added text by another hand on 88v-89v, scribbles on 90v-91r + 3 heavy paper + marbled to match pastedown. Pagination: Older reddish ink pagination, beginning

• Scotland, Glasgow, Glasgow University Library MS Hunter 84 (T.4.1) / Destruction of Troy

Frampton Material: Parchment No of Folios: i modern paper flyleaf + iv older paper flyleaves + i parchment stub + 1 unnumbered vellum leaf +1-337 parchment text block + ii older paper flyleaves + i newer paper flyleaf Pagination: In

• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Ii.5.41 / De Proprietatibus Rerum

LP 461; County: Hunts Material: Paper No of Folios: 2 stubs and two leaves of newer paper as flyleaves + 1 folio parchment title page + 343 paper folios of Bartholomeus + folios 345-368 parchment 14th century arithmetical text +2

• USA, San Marino, CA, Henry E. Huntington Library MS HM 28561 / Trevisa, trans of Polychronicon

Language: English Date Range: 1450-1475. Dutschke says 'towards the middle and end of the fifteenth century' (2.686). Scribal Hands: Hand 1 Hand 2 Hand 3 Hand 4 Material: Parchment No of Folios: i (contemporary parchment) + 337 Pagination: Modern pencil

• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, Additional 4325 / Piers Plowman, C version

: N/A; County : NW Gloucs Material: Parchment No of Folios: Original binding, soft leather. 2 original parchment flyleaves, foliated 1, 2 + ff3-83 text, 2 flyleaves numbered [87 crossed through] 85 and 87v, the latter partly torn off at

• San Marino, CA, Henry E. Huntington Library MS HM 128 / Piers Plowman, B version

in comitatu Salopie in villa Mortymers Clybery in the claylande, within viii myles of Malborne hylles, scripsit, peers ploughman li. 1. In a somer season whan set was sunne' (see Dutschke, 1.163). Other names, f i, 16th c. Richard Rychard;

• London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A.IV / Vox Clamantis and other Latin poems

Language: Latin Material: Parchment; mounted onto modern paper frames (damaged in Cotton fire) No of Folios: 3 blank paper + 1 original parchment flyleaf + text block fols 1-177 + 2 blank paper Pagination: New pencil foliation in arabic numbers