• Carpet page., Fragments from Exodus (1:1-8:5)

Numerous space fillers in colours and gold. Fragments from Exodus (1:1-8:5) K. B. No. 1: inscribed (f. 1).Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), a antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Museum from him on 8 July 1882:

• Flourished initials 'L'(iber), and 'D'(icitur) with a human face, at the beginning of Egidius Corboliensis's Liber de urinis., Liber de urinis

of Egidius Corboliensis's Liber de urinis. 1 large initial in blue, with reserved design, with pen-flourishing in red (f. 1).1 small initial in red with pen-flourishing in blue, including a human face (f. 1). Small initials and paraph marks

• Puzzle initial 'A'(lphica), at the beginning of the Catalogus medicam., Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes in English (ff. 79-200)

Puzzle initial 'A'(lphica), at the beginning of the Catalogus medicam. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red (f. 1). Smaller initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Catalogus

• Flourished initials, in the Catalogus medicam., Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes in English (ff. 79-200)

Flourished initials, in the Catalogus medicam. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red (f. 1). Smaller initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes

• null, Commentary on Aristotle's Politica

1 large initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 1). Small initials alternately blue with red penwork, or red with brown penwork. Paraphs in blue or red. Commentary on Aristotle's Politica Unidentified English owner, second half of the 16th

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

Scribe 1 Short couplets. Ends imperfect with only 24 lines (barely legible) remaining. Single letters remaining on the stub f.256ra suggest at least 29 lines lost. Apparently an attempt was made to erase the text. Edition: E. Kölbing, 'Kleine Publicationen

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

Scribe 1 6-line stanzas, rhyming aabccb. 42 lines. Begins imperfect. Edition: H. Varnhagen, 'Zu Mittelenglischen Gedichten', Anglia, 3 (1880): 275-292. ('VII: Noch Einmal zu den Sprüchen des Heiligen Bernhard': 291-292). Another edition: D. Laing, A Penni Worth of Witte, Abbotsford

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

Scribe 1 6-line stanzas, rhyming aabccb. 74 lines not including speaker labels. First line defective. Ends imperfect through the loss of five succeeding leaves. One other manuscript: Bodleian Library MS 1687 (Digby 86). S. W. Midlands. c.1275. Digby 86 also

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

Scribe 1 16-line stanzas, rhyming aaabcccbdddbeeeb. Markedly alliterative. 112 lines. Unique copy. Edition: C. Carleton-Brown, Religious Lyrics of the XIVth Century (Oxford: Clarendon, 1924). Second edition revised by G. V. Smithers (Oxford: Clarendon, 1952). Other editions: C. Bullock, 'The Enemies

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

Scribe 1 A paraphrase of Psalm 51 (Vulgate Psalm 50). Short couplets. 96 lines including a lacuna on f.280va, but excluding Latin headings. The oldest version of this text. For further discussion of later and related redactions see: J. J.

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

And byg&#563;neth his tale 76/1</ctp>.<resp>LC</resp> Whilom þer was dwellyng at Oxenford A riche gnof þat gestes heeld to boorde And of his craft he was a Carpenter Wiþ him þer was dwellyng a pore scoler Had lerned art but

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

is evident on folio 39r. The capital has been decorated using a shyning blue.<resp>ODR</resp></notetxt></note><note><notetxt><ctp>1</ctp>There is a small pricking next L 1 of the prologue, which appears under the illumination and is visible from the verso of 39v.<resp>ODR</resp></notetxt></note> In al the

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

Incipit fabula Armigeri<note><notetxt><ctp>1</ctp>The ink in this folio is brown and becomes darker brown afterwards. NB an extra watermarked leafs was used here.<resp>ODR</resp></notetxt></note> At Sarray , in the lond of Tartarye There dwelled a kyng , that werred Russye Thorugh