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fols 4-51 were 6 quires, each with 8 leaves. These are not visible on the digitised images (Kiernan, Electronic Beowulf). Fol. 60 apparently has the signature VIII in the same series. Fols 78-93 were probably 2 quires of 8 leaves,
am nu elder ~x00fe~an ich was a wintre ˥ a lore' Quire 1, as noted below, is different from subsequent quires, both in terms of layout and in terms of its codicology more generally. The page measures 136mm x 113mm;
Prick marks are no longer visible, as the manuscript has been trimmed. The first seven quires are arranged HFHF, quires 7-13 are arranged HHHH, quires 15-21 are 'arranged so that hair meets hair and flesh meets flesh' ( O'Brien O'Keeffe
paraphrase of psalm 50 (fols 46v-52r) Canticles (fols 119/18-30r/18) Litany (fols 130r/19-132v) Litany and Latin prayers (fols 133-42. These two quires were added in s. xii 2 . This litany is a continuation of the previous item, which lost its
p. 71) of s. xi med , containing mainly letters of ~x00e6~lfric to Wulfstan and two penitentials, to which some quires were added s. xi 2 . The originally blank recto of the first leaf of Quire 6 and the
55-58). Quire signatures in pencil are seen at the openings of Quires 3, 6 and 8 on the lower right margin of the first recto. The first two quires were misbound until the correct order was restored in June 1937.
are singletons, fols 137-144. Franzen 1998 reports that 'Quire signatures are marked in bottom margin of the first recto of Quires 3-16: p (fol. 9), q (fol. 17), r (fol. 25), s (fol. 33), t (fol. 41), u (fol. 49),
foliation, in a different hand to the others. The bottom and top pencil foliations correspond throughout the manuscript. iii flyleaves, quires 1 2 , fols 1-2 (a bifolia); 2 7 (wants 1), fols 3-9; 3-6 8 , fols 10-41; 7
of descenders turn to the left. There is an inscription by Thomas Allen in a flyleaf. Modern brown binding. The quires are mounted in guards. Symeon of Durham's Liber , which includes Bede's Death Song , was originally written at
red, purple, yellow, green and/or blue large capitals, and elaborated line fillers in red. A probably later hand signed the quires in the centre of the foot of the folio: G at the foot of fol. 24r, M at the
blank, 2-8 8 , 9 2 two singletons, 10 2 . The last bifolium was added to finish the text. Quires 2-4 are signed respectively: .i., .ii., .iiii., .iiii. at the centre of the foot of the first recto of
to see the quire structure. Medieval quire signatures can be seen in the bottom margins, on the last page of quires: i (fol. 15v), ii (fol. 23v), v (fol. 47v, erased but visible), vi (fol. 55v), vii (fol. 63v), viii
1-126. According to Ker (1957) , collation is uncertain. There are many half-sheets, fols 30-37 and fols 42-49 are regular quires of eight leaves, fols 25-26 are a bifolium, fol. 41 should follow fol. 49. Fols 23, 24, 40, 58
142, 19 8 , 20 8 wants 7, 8, probably blank, after fol. 157 ( Ker 1957 , p. 107). Quires are now marked in modern pencil The flyleaves are paper of the date of binding (fols i, ii, 160-1)
foliation numbers and the 17th-century annotations have suffered. fols 1-93 154-58 103-11 Ruled in dry point for 26 (quires 7-12) or 27 (quires 1-6) long lines. See a typical layout of a page with 27 lines: LO11_a . Double horizontal
on the recto and the verso. However, the ruling technique is the same as the one used for the other quires; that is, ruling in dry point consistently done on the flesh side of the parchment. Double bounding lines on
is numbered 120 . According to Wilcox (2000) , the collation as follows is tentative for all but the centre quires, as the manuscript is bound very tightly (p. 49): 1-4 8 , fols 1-32, 5 3 , fols 33-34,34*,
24-31, 5 4 + 1 leaf after 3, fol. 32, fols 32-36, 6-9 8 fols 37-68. 3 and 6 in quires 1-3, 6 and 7 are singletons. Leaves are arranged FFHH. Written in 24 long lines, but often without following
folios; Quire 6: a medieval 6 in ink; Quire 7: a medieval 7 ; Quire signatures stop at fol. 51; Quires 3, 4, 5 and 6 have signs on the verso of the last folio. Fol. 1 is ruled for
seal attached on the recto side, which was originally verso. Quires 2-26 (fols 2-199): 2-11 8 (fols 2-81), 12 6 (fols 82-87), 13-26 8 (fols 88-199); 3 and 6 in Quires 19 (fols 138-141) are a pair of half-sheets. Quire