• Coloured initial 'O' and marginal inscription along the lower edge stating that it was written in 1272: 'Iste liber est scriptus anno 1272 . . .'., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera), in a mathematical and scientific miscellany

miscellany Partly written in 1272: inscribed along the lower edge: 'Iste liber est scriptus anno 1272 . . .' (ff. 1, 32).Roger Marchall (b. c.1417, d. c. 1477), physician and writer on medicine: table of contents in his hand (f.

• Diagram., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera), in a mathematical and scientific miscellany

miscellany Partly written in 1272: inscribed along the lower edge: 'Iste liber est scriptus anno 1272 . . .' (ff. 1, 32).Roger Marchall (b. c.1417, d. c. 1477), physician and writer on medicine: table of contents in his hand (f.

• Calendar page., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera), in a mathematical and scientific miscellany

miscellany Partly written in 1272: inscribed along the lower edge: 'Iste liber est scriptus anno 1272 . . .' (ff. 1, 32).Roger Marchall (b. c.1417, d. c. 1477), physician and writer on medicine: table of contents in his hand (f.

• Diagrams of eclipses, with the earth in the centre and the sun in the outer orbit. In the upper diagram, labelled 'Eclipse of the moon', the earth casts its shadow on the moon, while in the diagram below, labelled 'Eclipse of the sun', the moon casts its shadow on the earth., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera), in a mathematical and scientific miscellany

miscellany Partly written in 1272: inscribed along the lower edge: 'Iste liber est scriptus anno 1272 . . .' (ff. 1, 32).Roger Marchall (b. c.1417, d. c. 1477), physician and writer on medicine: table of contents in his hand (f.

• Diagrams of eclipses, with the earth in the centre and the sun in the outer orbit. In the upper diagram, labelled 'Eclipse of the moon', the earth casts its shadow on the moon, while in the diagram below, labelled 'Eclipse of the sun', the moon casts its shadow on the earth., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera), in a mathematical and scientific miscellany

miscellany Partly written in 1272: inscribed along the lower edge: 'Iste liber est scriptus anno 1272 . . .' (ff. 1, 32).Roger Marchall (b. c.1417, d. c. 1477), physician and writer on medicine: table of contents in his hand (f.

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) with the Annunciation to the Shepherds, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an offset visible, f. 9v). 9 historiated initials on gold

• Decorated initials, and line-endings in the form of animals and hybrids at the beginning of a litany., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an offset visible, f. 9v). 9 historiated initials on gold

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David playing a harp, and the Annunciation to the Virgin below, with Gabriel holding a scroll inscribed 'Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum', at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

the beginning of Psalm 1. The missing miniature appears to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) with a Gnadenstuhl (Throne of Grace) Trinity, with two angels with incense on either side., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an offset visible, f. 9v). 9 historiated initials on gold

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) with the Visitation, and below Christ writing in the sand before the woman caught in adultery with hands clasped and onlookers, one pushing her forward (?) (identified by Morgan as '(?) Mercy and Truth', at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an offset visible, f. 9v). 9 historiated initials on gold

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixi) with Mary nursing Jesus, while Joseph and the midwife look on, above Job on the dungheap, at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an offset visible, f. 9v). 9 historiated initials on gold

• Historiated initial 'E'(xultate) with Jacob wrestling the angel (perhaps because Jacob is mentioned in the first verse), and the Presentation in the Temple below, at the beginning of Psalm 80., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an offset visible, f. 9v). 9 historiated initials on gold

• Historiated initial 'C'(antate) with three monks, and below, Christ teaching in the temple, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an offset visible, f. 9v). 9 historiated initials on gold

• Illuminated 'KL' letters in the calendar page for February, with the later additions of the death of 'John Holebrook' in 1400 added to 13 February. The inscription in red in the last line gives the number of hours for nights (14) and days (10) in February., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an offset visible, f. 9v). 9 historiated initials on gold

• Full-page miniature in two registers, of Catherine (with her wheel), Mary Magdalen (holding a small vial), Margaret (trampling the dragon), and below, the stoning of Stephen., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an offset visible, f. 9v). 9 historiated initials on gold

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

1884. c. 130 c. 90 mm Unascertainable Double and single columns with c. 40 lines. Margins marked and ruled. Scribe 1 - ff. 1-5, small/tiny book-hand, possibly French. Body height: 1mm. Scribe 2 - ff. 6-8, early type of Anglicana,

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 4, p. 237). Scribal Dialect of ff. 119r-164v: Northamptonshire (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 147). A composite manuscript made up of five manuscripts of mainly Latin texts but including a short English

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

comencent les singnes del iour de nouel'. 'Si le iour de noel auent par dimaines bon iuer'. French Thorndike 1923, 1, 678-9; Vising 1923, 305; ff. 41r-46r Prognostications of lucky and unlucky days according to the moon. 'Ci comence le