• 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.

• Illuminated initial 'R'(everendo) and an effaced coat of arms., Tractatus de venenis, Problemata de venenis

coat of arms. Horizontal catchwords. 2 large initials in colours and gold with foliate decoration (ff. 1, 13v). Effaced coat of arms (f. 1). Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Tractatus

• White vine initial 'H'(unc), at the beginning of book 6., Cyropaedia

in colours and gold, at the beginning of the preface and of the books (ff. 1, 7, 38, 57v, 78, 99v, 127v, 147v, 172). Cyropaedia The translation was finished in 1467.Signed by the scribe 'Pet I excripsit' (f. 210).Antonius Clava

• White vine initial 'C'(yrus), at the beginning of book 3., Cyropaedia

in colours and gold, at the beginning of the preface and of the books (ff. 1, 7, 38, 57v, 78, 99v, 127v, 147v, 172). Cyropaedia The translation was finished in 1467.Signed by the scribe 'Pet I excripsit' (f. 210).Antonius Clava

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

6 8 (the first leaf, + a leaf in the fourth position, now f.1; the leaves are ff. 4, 2, 1, 16-20; none of them now conjunct), 7 8 (ff. 21-28), 8 8 (ff. 29-36), quire 9 missing (probably this

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

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;

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

saaf'. f. 153r-v 'Actiua uita est panem esurientem'. 'sic ab illo implicatus absorbeatur'. Codex Parchment 265 180 mm 1 8 , (wants 1, 6, 8), added a stub with painting?, 2 10 , 3-4 8 , 5 6 , 6-13

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

England Oxford Bodleian Library Douce 302 SC 21876 s. xv 1 English Latin Scribe 1 - Scribal dialect: Staffordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 383 336, 189 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 237). Scribe 2 - Scribal Dialect: Staffordshire.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

within the circles in a clockwise direction (Mooney 1995, p. 116). Latin Codex Parchment 420 270 mm 2 flyleaves + 1 8 , 2 8 (one cancelled)-10 8 (wants 8), next quire missing, 11-37 8 + 2 flyleaves, one used