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in red ink at the top of the first folio. Flourished Initials: 1-5-line plain red lombard initials with no flourishing. Blue initials in Tale of Gamelyn. Other Names (not owners): Johannis Peyto Verney / Baso? Willoughby de Broke A.D. 1769
the description of the Manciple in the General Prologue. Illuminated Initials: Beginning of most tales have initials of gold on blue or pink ground with green, and white highlights. Smaller gold initials provide other textual markers. Paragraph Marks: None and
215 x 115 Marginal Headings: Headings for most tales rubricated and names of pilgrims in red. Paragraph Marks: Red and blue paraphs for stanzas and other textual markers in prose tales; line initials highlighted in red; some underlining of names
'The'; the 'h' graph here may have been intended to represent an upper case graph. It follows from the red-flourished, blue lombard initial which begins the stanza. The two distinct points on the stem differentiate it from other 'h's on
or wash on all initials, ie first letter each line and first of glosses. Booklet 2 (90-130), 2-3 line plain blue initials, red penwork around in concentric squares the outer one being crenelated. Other Names (not owners): The arms of
Illuminated Initials: 3-line illuminated gold initials (on ff49r, 50r) on parti-coloured blue and rose ground with white highlights. 2-line initials on ff76v, 77r. Paragraph Marks: Alternating illuminated gold and blue paraphs. Other Names (not owners): [from catalogue] 'Ann (??) Rechard',
page (eg f65v), often looking very similar to leaf patterns of decorated initials. Flourished Initials: At start of texts, 4-line blue lombard initials with red flourishing, foliage inside letter and flourishing following shape of letter, not a box, tendrils with
of fragments Incipits and Explicits: No evidence remains Title by Scribe: Damaged so impossible to know. Borders: Red, brown, green, blue in colour wash and ink; no gold; dragons or lizards with fish in the border which remains; possible initials
17-18th c. writing, 'The author of this Treatise w[ ] Thomas Hoccliue Scholler to Geffrey Chaucer'. Paragraph Marks: Red and blue paraphs on ff1-44 and f51-52. Flourished Initials: Space left for initial 'T' to open the text with small guide
red 'B' shape at the end of this Latin gloss underlined in red. Usage: Arrows in red ink to point to the single word 'Passus' which then serves for both Explicit and Incipit. Usage: Blue Lombard initial with red flourishing.
f225, for the Seige of Jerusalem. Usage: 'And'; upper case 'A' with a touch of the colour used for the blue lombard initial which begins the section. d Usage: 'and'; looped 'd' is used throughout. Usage: 'deyde'; a triangular loop
used as decoration. The pink and blue colours in the background to the letter seem to be different in shade from those at the beginning of the manuscript. Usage: On f155r, the pink and blue colours are the same shade
'so'; sigma 's' used in initial and final position. Long 's' is also used both initially and medially. Usage: 'Somtyme'; blue paraph precedes. w Usage: 'winde'; the scribe has many different forms of 'w'. He seems to enjoy experimenting with
case 'H' it is just possible to see the loop to the left of the stem beneath the red and blue used for the paraphs and the tail-stroke of 'h' from the line above which cuts through the top of
the double red line which borders the stanza on the left side. Stanzas are thus marked alternately in red and blue ink. s Usage: 'Troilus'; kidney 's' almost always used in final position. Usage: 's(er)uant(yogh)'; sigma 's' is used in
well into the left margin. A single purple line divides stanzas. Usage: The elaborate pen-work initial 'N' with infill of blue and red ink and purple ink used for the flourishing. Usage: Catchwords copied in lower margin below the middle
time to provide the shadow lines for his upper case 'W'. Usage: 'FAlssemblant'; gold two-line initial on part-coloured ground of blue and pink. Sprays attached to the initial rise and descend alongside the text. Decorative Features Usage: 'The'; 4-line pink
return stroke to the shaft forming a triangle shape may also be seen in version 3 of 'A'. Usage: 'But'; blue lombard initials with red flourishing define the section divisions of the text. Usage: Decorated ascenders on the top line