• White vine initial 'C'(um)., Tusculanae Quaestiones (ff. 1-78); Paradoxa stoicorum (ff. 78-85)

the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22’ (f. 1); inscribed 'Oxford B.H.' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during

• White vine initial 'A'(anima)., Tusculanae Quaestiones (ff. 1-78); Paradoxa stoicorum (ff. 78-85)

the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22’ (f. 1); inscribed 'Oxford B.H.' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during

• Detail of a miniature of the Adoration of the Magi., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

32 and his assistant.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 large miniature in colours and gold with a full border containing the royal arms of England, at the beginning of the preface (f. 1).1 small miniature in colours and gold, with

• Detail of a miniature of the departure of the Magi, and the Virgin and Child., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

32 and his assistant.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 large miniature in colours and gold with a full border containing the royal arms of England, at the beginning of the preface (f. 1).1 small miniature in colours and gold, with

• Detail of a miniature of the presentation of Jesus in the Temple., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

32 and his assistant.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 large miniature in colours and gold with a full border containing the royal arms of England, at the beginning of the preface (f. 1).1 small miniature in colours and gold, with

• 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

saaf'. f. 153r-v 'Actiua uita est panem esurientem'. 'sic ab illo implicatus absorbeatur'. Codex Parchment 265 180 mm 1 8 , (wants 1, 6, 8), added a stub with painting?, 2 10 , 3-4 8 , 5 6 , 6-13

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

England Oxford Bodleian Library Douce 302 SC 21876 s. xv 1 English Latin Scribe 1 - Scribal dialect: Staffordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 383 336, 189 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 237). Scribe 2 - Scribal Dialect: Staffordshire.

• 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