• null, In gallicam antiquitatem

1 large decorated initial with a full strew border including a swan, a bird, and a unicorn, in colours and gold (f. 4). 1 large decorated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1).1 large initial in gold on a

• Illuminated initial 'S'(aepe) with a full border containing the royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, at the beginning of the text., Letter to Henry VII

England surmounted by a crown, at the beginning of the text. 1 initial in colours and gold with a full border containing the royal arms of England (f. 1). Letter to Henry VII Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king

• Zoomorphic initial 'C'(allimachi), partly formed of two fish or dolphins, at the beginning of Book 3 of Propertius's Elegies., Elegiae (index Elegies) (ff. 1-70); followed by two short texts (ff. 70-71)

1 perhaps originally had arms supported by putti. 1 large initial (erased), with a white vine border (erased) (f. 1).1 large initial, in colours and gold (over an erasure, f. 1).1 large zoomorphic initial, painted (f. 36v).

• Decorated initial 'C'(ynthia), at the beginning of Propertius's Elegies., Elegiae (index Elegies) (ff. 1-70); followed by two short texts (ff. 70-71)

1 perhaps originally had arms supported by putti. 1 large initial (erased), with a white vine border (erased) (f. 1).1 large initial, in colours and gold (over an erasure, f. 1).1 large zoomorphic initial, painted (f. 36v).

• null, Elegiae (index Elegies) (ff. 1-70); followed by two short texts (ff. 70-71)

1 perhaps originally had arms supported by putti. 1 large initial (erased), with a white vine border (erased) (f. 1).1 large initial, in colours and gold (over an erasure, f. 1).1 large zoomorphic initial, painted (f. 36v).

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

separately on modern paper. No catchwords survive. 'From contents and watermarks apparently: 1 8 (wants 1); 2 8 ; 3 12 ; 4-5 10 ; 6 10 (wants 1); four leaves of uncertain structure, ff. 58r-61v. One leaf lost after

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

College 13 s. xv 2 English Latin Scribe 1 (beginning to f. 169v, ff. 272r-287v): Scribal Dialect: Derbyshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference 415 362, LP 581 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin, vol. 1, p. 154). Scribe 2 (ff. 170r-271v, 288r to

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Library Richardson 44 Aldenham MS s. xv 1 English Scribal Dialect: Warwickshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 416 298, LP 678 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 244). A manuscript dated to the second quarter of the fifteenth century containing the

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

England London British Library Arundel 272 s. xv English Scribe 1 (ff. 1r-32v) - scribal dialect: Derbyshire (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 105). Scribe 2 (ff. 33r-35v) - Scribal dialect: Staffordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 406

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

) 'he þat dyeth in'. Unreadable English Erbe 1905. Codex Parchment c. 200 135 mm 1 10 wanting 1 (this stub is foliated as 1), ff. 2-9v, catchword; 2 8 , ff. 10r-17v, catchword; 3 8 , ff. 18r-26v, catchword;