• Detail of a historiated initial 'A'(d comentum) of Gregory delivering a letter to two cardinals., Lectura in quinque libros Decretalium (Books 1-2)

yellow. 2 historiated Initials in colours and gold, with full or partial borders, at the beginning of book 1 and 2 (ff. 1, 186v). Puzzle initials in red and blue with red and purple pen-flourishing, at the beginning of chapters.

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(e) of plaintiffs before a judge, at the beginning of book 2., Lectura in quinque libros Decretalium (Books 1-2)

yellow. 2 historiated Initials in colours and gold, with full or partial borders, at the beginning of book 1 and 2 (ff. 1, 186v). Puzzle initials in red and blue with red and purple pen-flourishing, at the beginning of chapters.

• Historiated initial 'A'(d comentum) of Gregory delivering a letter to two cardinals, with a full border containing Albans holding a shield with the arms of St Albans abbey, a kneeling monk and six other figures., Lectura in quinque libros Decretalium (Books 1-2)

yellow. 2 historiated Initials in colours and gold, with full or partial borders, at the beginning of book 1 and 2 (ff. 1, 186v). Puzzle initials in red and blue with red and purple pen-flourishing, at the beginning of chapters.

• Historiated initial 'D'(e) of plaintiffs before a judge, with a partial bar border, at the beginning of book 2., Lectura in quinque libros Decretalium (Books 1-2)

yellow. 2 historiated Initials in colours and gold, with full or partial borders, at the beginning of book 1 and 2 (ff. 1, 186v). Puzzle initials in red and blue with red and purple pen-flourishing, at the beginning of chapters.

• Decorated initial 'N'(ecesse) and border, at the beginning of Richard Rotheram's De pluralitate beneficiorum; heraldic arms., De pluralitate beneficiorum (ends imperfectly)

at the beginning of Richard Rotheram's De pluralitate beneficiorum; heraldic arms. 1 large decorated initial including heraldic arms, with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. De pluralitate beneficiorum (ends

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

MS. 19.2.1 Auchinleck s. xiv med English French Scribe 1: Scribal Dialect: London/Middlesex border. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 532 190, LP 6510. Scribe 2: Scribal Dialect: Gloucestershire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 412 240, LP 6940. Scribe 3 (ff. 85r-99v): Scribal

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

leaves. Single, double, and triple columns with 47-51 lines (Scribe 1); 36-33 lines (Scribe 2); 60 lines (Scribe 3). Columns and margins usually marked (See Ker 1965, p. xvii). Scribe 1 - Textura, ff. 1-49. Scribe 2 - Anglicana, sometimes

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

p. 261, n. 1. Codex Parchment 160 110 mm 13 12 (+ 1 after 12). A bifolium. Single columns ruled in pencil for 39-43. One scribe writing in an Anglicana Formata script. This hand annotates Part 1. Red or blue

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Manuscripts and other documents Scribal Scribe 1 of Holkham Hall 668 is also Scribe 1 of Oxford, Trinity College, 16B (D. 16 B ) (see Lewis and McIntosh 1982, pp. 121-122) and Scribe 1 of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. poet.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

[mutilated ] '. Only a small portion of f. 100 remains. Morris 1863; Waters 1976. Codex Parchment 238 170 mm 1 8 , 2 8 (with 8 excised), 3-4 8 , 5 10 , 6-12 8 , 13 ?6 (wanting

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

Scribe 1 Short couplets. Ends imperfect with only 24 lines (barely legible) remaining. Single letters remaining on the stub f.256ra suggest at least 29 lines lost. Apparently an attempt was made to erase the text. Edition: E. Kölbing, 'Kleine Publicationen

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

Scribe 1 6-line stanzas, rhyming aabccb. 42 lines. Begins imperfect. Edition: H. Varnhagen, 'Zu Mittelenglischen Gedichten', Anglia, 3 (1880): 275-292. ('VII: Noch Einmal zu den Sprüchen des Heiligen Bernhard': 291-292). Another edition: D. Laing, A Penni Worth of Witte, Abbotsford

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

Scribe 1 6-line stanzas, rhyming aabccb. 74 lines not including speaker labels. First line defective. Ends imperfect through the loss of five succeeding leaves. One other manuscript: Bodleian Library MS 1687 (Digby 86). S. W. Midlands. c.1275. Digby 86 also

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

Scribe 1 16-line stanzas, rhyming aaabcccbdddbeeeb. Markedly alliterative. 112 lines. Unique copy. Edition: C. Carleton-Brown, Religious Lyrics of the XIVth Century (Oxford: Clarendon, 1924). Second edition revised by G. V. Smithers (Oxford: Clarendon, 1952). Other editions: C. Bullock, 'The Enemies

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

Scribe 1 A paraphrase of Psalm 51 (Vulgate Psalm 50). Short couplets. 96 lines including a lacuna on f.280va, but excluding Latin headings. The oldest version of this text. For further discussion of later and related redactions see: J. J.

• CP.E.241I

CP.E.241I Reference:CP.E.241I Repository:Borthwick Institute GB 193 Court:Curia Ebor Case:Matrimonial (validity of marriage) Details:1 Pieces; No deposition; No libel; No sentence Outcome: Date: 1345 — 1345 People & Places Participant: Alice widow of StephenDe [de] Role: plaintiff Details: female Notes:

• CP.E.48

CP.E.48 Reference:CP.E.48 Repository:Borthwick Institute GB 193 Court:Curia Ebor Case:Appeals (benefice case, possession of benefice) Details:5 Pieces; No deposition; No libel; No sentence Outcome: Date: 11/11/1340 — 10/04/1342 People & Places Participant: John Skelton [de Skelton] Role: plaintiff Details: male;

• CP.E.241Q

CP.E.241Q Reference:CP.E.241Q Repository:Borthwick Institute GB 193 Court:Curia Ebor Case:Benefice cases (annual pensions) Details:1 Pieces; No deposition; No libel; No sentence Outcome: Date: 10/01/1343 — 1343 People & Places Participant: prior and convent of Holy Trinity, York Role: plaintiff Details:

• CP.E.257

CP.E.257 Reference:CP.E.257 Repository:Borthwick Institute GB 193 Court:Curia Ebor Case:Matrimonial () Details:1 Pieces; Has deposition; No libel; No sentence Outcome: Date: 21/02/1348 — 30/03/1349 People & Places Participant: MargeryDevoine [de Devoine] Role: plaintiff Details: female Participant: RichardScott [Scot] Role: defendant

• CP.E.43

CP.E.43 Reference:CP.E.43 Repository:Borthwick Institute GB 193 Court:Curia Ebor Case:Violation of church rights (dilapidations) Details:1 Pieces; No deposition; No libel; No sentence Outcome: Date: 1341 — 1342 People & Places Participant: Richard Wath [de Wath] Role: plaintiff Details: male; clerk