• 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

• 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

partibus orationis 'Evangelica clamat hystoria sine intermissione orate'. 'cum descendit in nos spiritus adop...'. Latin Codex Parchment 285 195 mm 1 8 (wants 1-5); 2-3 8 ; 4 4 ; 5 8 ; 6 8 ; 7 4 (wants 4);

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

cvi and cxxvi. ff. 134r (IMEV 2742 ) 'Pees makeþ plente'. 'Grace groweth after gouernaunce'. Codex Parchment 390 280 mm 1 (8) (wants 2); 2-16 (8) ; 17 (8) (wants 8). Catchwords regular at the end of each quire: ff.7v;

• Miniature of the prophet Nathan before king David., Psalms and Odes, imperfect at the end

gold (ff. 1, 8v, 17v, 28v, 39v, 49v, 62, 73v, 82v, 92v, 103v, 118, 129, 139, 159, 167, 178, 203v). 1 large initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 149). 2 headpieces in colours and gold (ff. 1, 103v).

• Headpiece in colours and gold, with a large initial 'M' in colours and gold., Psalms and Odes, imperfect at the end

gold (ff. 1, 8v, 17v, 28v, 39v, 49v, 62, 73v, 82v, 92v, 103v, 118, 129, 139, 159, 167, 178, 203v). 1 large initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 149). 2 headpieces in colours and gold (ff. 1, 103v).

• 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.