• Detail of a historiated initial of a lover presenting his verses to a lady., 49 love sonnets

lady. 1 large historiated initial, and a three-sided foliate border with gold balls, with heraldry, devices, and monograms, in colours and gold; a large red heart on a burning wood fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small

• Illuminated initials., Il Canzoniere

Illuminated initials. 1 small miniature, in colours and gold (f. 1). 2 large historiated initials, accompanied by a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks in

• Zoomorphic initial 'D'(e) formed by a quadruped, foliage, and an animal head., Unum ex quatuor

1v, 13v). 1 small initial in plain red (f. 1v); blank spaces for others. Added marginal drawings including human figures. Unum ex quatuor The Carthusian abbey of Mainz, 15th century: inscribed 'Iste liber Carthusie(n)siu(m) p(ro)pe Magu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1, cf. f.

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(n), formed by a peacock., Unum ex quatuor

1v, 13v). 1 small initial in plain red (f. 1v); blank spaces for others. Added marginal drawings including human figures. Unum ex quatuor The Carthusian abbey of Mainz, 15th century: inscribed 'Iste liber Carthusie(n)siu(m) p(ro)pe Magu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1, cf. f.

• Detail of historiated initial., Il Canzoniere

Detail of historiated initial. 1 small miniature, in colours and gold (f. 1). 2 large historiated initials, accompanied by a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph

• 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

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

table of contents on p. 1 that begins, 'Here begynne the titles of the chapitles folewynge in the book of reformynge of manes soule'. See Bestul 2000; Underhill 1923. Codex Parchment Manuscript not examined. 1 flyleaf, 1-9 8 , 10

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Scribal Scribe 1 is the same as Scribe 1 of Holkham Hall, Wells, Norfolk, Library of the Earl of Leicester, MS 668 (Lewis and McIntosh, 1982, pp. 54-5, 121-2) and Doyle notes that this scribe was also Scribe 1 of

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

4), i paper flyleaf with half an older flyleaf stuck over; 1 8 lacks 1-2, 8, 2 6 lacks 1, 3 12 lacks 1-2, 9-12, 4 ?6 lacks 1, 3-5, 5 12 lacks 3 and 9, 6 12 lacks 1-2,

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

30v - bottom margin c. 1 cm wide border of foliate design in scribal ink. Not medieval. Size: 230 x 150 mm. iii (modern paper flyleaves) + 90 + iii (modern paper flyleaves). Ff. 1, 2, 88, 89, 90 are

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

R. 7/ T. James 160 s. xv 1 English Scribal Dialect: Herefordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 352 225, LP 7300 (McIntosh, Samuels, and Benskin 1986, p. 199). A copy of the C-text of Piers Plowman from the first half of