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Coloured initial. 1 decorated headpiece (f. 2). Large initials in plain red. Psalter Inscription in Russian (f. 1).Inscribed 'Ex dono Will(hel)mi Skinner Armig(?)' (f. 1). Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

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Part 1: original foliation. Ends with a table of contents (ff. 87v-89) Large white vine initials in colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 38v, 61). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. De officiis Part 1 written

• White vine initial 'Q'(uemadmodum) in colours at the beginning of the book., De officiis

Part 1: original foliation. Ends with a table of contents (ff. 87v-89) Large white vine initials in colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 38v, 61). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. De officiis Part 1 written

• Detail of white vine initial 'Q'(uam) at the beginning of De officiis., De officiis

Part 1: original foliation. Ends with a table of contents (ff. 87v-89) Large white vine initials in colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 38v, 61). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. De officiis Part 1 written

• Detail of decorated initial., De consolatione philosophiae, imperfect

colophon (f. 53v).? The Carthusians of Mainz: 14th-century inscription ? 'liber Carthus(iensium) p(ro)pe Mogu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1, obscured by ink stamp).Inscribed '77' and '9' (f. 1); similar inscriptions occur in other Arundel manuscripts.? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl

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188v-190r, with the title 'Practica Edwardi [Nigri ] , Universitatis Oxonie qui fuit...cirurgicus'. Codex Paper and parchment. 250 195 mm 1 8 ; 2-7 12 ; 8 11 ; 9-10 10 . Pricking: none apparent. Writing space of 195 x

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

England London British Library Additional 36983 Bedford MS s. xv 1 English Scribe 1 (ff. 1-118) - Scribal dialect: Bedfordshire (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 102). Scribe 5 (ff. 264r-279v) - Scribal Dialect: Warwickshire. Linguistic Atlas

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

1729 ) 'Ihesu lord wel come ye be'. 'Houfull be my last bred. Fiat. Amen'. Codex Parchment 150 85 mm 1 6 (includes ff. viii-ix), 2-6 16 , 7 12 , 8 16 , 9 6 (3 and 5 canc.),

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

of f. 174r-v: language similar to main hand and 'belongs probably to N Salop' (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 102). A mid fifteenth-century copy of the Stanzaic Life of Christ (Foster 1926, p. xi); Dialogue between a

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

bryngeth ous to minde'. 'To hoeuene hoe make ous stye at oure endeday. Amen'. English Codex Parchment 230 170mm 1 14 (1 and 14 are added leaves), ff. 1r-13v; 2 12 , ff. 14r-25v; 3 12 , ff. 26r-37v; 4