• Detail of puzzle initial., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

extensions forming a partial border at the beginning of each book (f. 1, 6, 13, 23v, 32v). Simple initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. 1 marginal drawing of a face (f. 37). De Consolatione Philosophiae (index

• Decorated initial 'C'(um), and, in the lower margin, the initials 'R. R.' and arms of Roger Rotherham, azure, on a mount, three pointed, vert, a stag in full course or., Strategemata (index Strategematica, De re militari)

pasted to f. 1); 'Collegii Regale dictum The Kynges Hall' (paper fragment pasted to f. 62v).E. Kneuet (possibly a fellow-commoner of Corpus Christi in 1544): his name inscribed (f. 1) (see Watson 1979).Unidentified shelfmark, '38' (f. 1). John Lumley, 1st

• Detail of the lower margin, with initials 'R. R.' and arms of Roger Rotherham, azure, on a mount, three pointed, vert, a stag in full course or., Strategemata (index Strategematica, De re militari)

pasted to f. 1); 'Collegii Regale dictum The Kynges Hall' (paper fragment pasted to f. 62v).E. Kneuet (possibly a fellow-commoner of Corpus Christi in 1544): his name inscribed (f. 1) (see Watson 1979).Unidentified shelfmark, '38' (f. 1). John Lumley, 1st

• Detail of decorated initial., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

Detail of decorated initial. 1 large initial in red with pen-flourishing in brown (f. 1). Smaller initials in plain red. Capital letters highlighted in red. The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc. Table for Easter dating from 1446 to 1649

• Detail of inscription., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

Detail of inscription. 1 large initial in red with pen-flourishing in brown (f. 1). Smaller initials in plain red. Capital letters highlighted in red. The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc. Table for Easter dating from 1446 to 1649 (ff.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

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

visible. Writing space of 200 x 120 mm. Single columns with 30-38 lines. Frame and lines ruled in drypoint. Text 1 by one scribe writing in an Anglicana script with Secretary influences in a now faded brown ink. Hand begins

• 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