• Inscriptions., Alchemical treatises

Inscriptions. 1 large initial in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Small initials in plain red. Diagrams. Alchemical treatises Inscription, 15th century, and the number 'XV.B' (f. 1).Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698), apothecary and physician: inscribed '90. Bern.' (f. 2).Sir

• Marginal drawings., Alchemical treatises

drawings. 1 large initial in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Small initials in plain red. Diagrams. Alchemical treatises Inscription, 15th century, and the number 'XV.B' (f. 1).Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698), apothecary and physician: inscribed '90. Bern.' (f. 2).Sir

• Detail of a historiated initial of a lover presenting his verses to a lady., 49 love sonnets

lady. 1 large historiated initial, and a three-sided foliate border with gold balls, with heraldry, devices, and monograms, in colours and gold; a large red heart on a burning wood fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small

• Illuminated initials., Il Canzoniere

Illuminated initials. 1 small miniature, in colours and gold (f. 1). 2 large historiated initials, accompanied by a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks in

• Zoomorphic initial 'D'(e) formed by a quadruped, foliage, and an animal head., Unum ex quatuor

1v, 13v). 1 small initial in plain red (f. 1v); blank spaces for others. Added marginal drawings including human figures. Unum ex quatuor The Carthusian abbey of Mainz, 15th century: inscribed 'Iste liber Carthusie(n)siu(m) p(ro)pe Magu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1, cf. f.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

6 8 (the first leaf, + a leaf in the fourth position, now f.1; the leaves are ff. 4, 2, 1, 16-20; none of them now conjunct), 7 8 (ff. 21-28), 8 8 (ff. 29-36), quire 9 missing (probably this

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

lines in Items 1, 2 and 4, 55-65 lines in Item 5, 30 lines in Item 6. Double columns and 61 lines in Item 3. Ruled in lead but now no longer visible or very faint. Scribe 1 (ff. 1r-94r;

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

within the circles in a clockwise direction (Mooney 1995, p. 116). Latin Codex Parchment 420 270 mm 2 flyleaves + 1 8 , 2 8 (one cancelled)-10 8 (wants 8), next quire missing, 11-37 8 + 2 flyleaves, one used

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

table of contents on p. 1 that begins, 'Here begynne the titles of the chapitles folewynge in the book of reformynge of manes soule'. See Bestul 2000; Underhill 1923. Codex Parchment Manuscript not examined. 1 flyleaf, 1-9 8 , 10

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Scribal Scribe 1 is the same as Scribe 1 of Holkham Hall, Wells, Norfolk, Library of the Earl of Leicester, MS 668 (Lewis and McIntosh, 1982, pp. 54-5, 121-2) and Doyle notes that this scribe was also Scribe 1 of

• CP.F.31/1

• CP.F.1

CP.F.1 Reference:CP.F.1 Repository:Borthwick Institute GB 193 Court:Curia Ebor Case:Breach of faith (debt) Details:3 Pieces; No deposition; Has libel; No sentence Outcome: Date: 25/10/1402 — 13/11/1402 People & Places Participant: GilbertWalker [Walkar] Role: plaintiff Details: male; citizen of York Location:

• CP.E.241D

CP.E.241D Reference:CP.E.241D Repository:Borthwick Institute GB 193 Court:Curia Ebor Case:Appeals (defamation) Details:1 Pieces; No deposition; No libel; No sentence Outcome: Date: 25/09/1399 — 25/09/1399 People & Places Participant: JohnWilforth [Wilforth] Role: plaintiff Details: male Location: Nottinghamshire Place(s): Nottingham (Notyngham) :

• CP.F.363

CP.F.363 Reference:CP.F.363 Repository:Borthwick Institute GB 193 Court:undefined Case:Defamation (sexual slander) Details:1 Pieces; No deposition; Has libel; No sentence Outcome: Date: 1403 — 1403 People & Places Participant: IsabelBurnham [Burnom] Role: plaintiff Details: female Location: York (Ebor) : undefined Participant:

• CP.F.31/4

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

And byg&#563;neth his tale 76/1</ctp>.<resp>LC</resp> Whilom þer was dwellyng at Oxenford A riche gnof þat gestes heeld to boorde And of his craft he was a Carpenter Wiþ him þer was dwellyng a pore scoler Had lerned art but

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

is evident on folio 39r. The capital has been decorated using a shyning blue.<resp>ODR</resp></notetxt></note><note><notetxt><ctp>1</ctp>There is a small pricking next L 1 of the prologue, which appears under the illumination and is visible from the verso of 39v.<resp>ODR</resp></notetxt></note> In al the

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

Incipit fabula Armigeri<note><notetxt><ctp>1</ctp>The ink in this folio is brown and becomes darker brown afterwards. NB an extra watermarked leafs was used here.<resp>ODR</resp></notetxt></note> At Sarray , in the lond of Tartarye There dwelled a kyng , that werred Russye Thorugh