• Detail of a miniature of the death of Nectanebus., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Detail of a miniature of Darius, king of Persia ordering the chiselling of a marble slab in order to make a portrait of Alexander., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander and his soldiers fighting with crabs, with a preliminary sketch in the lower margin., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander receiving tribute from the citizens of Babylon., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander sending letters to Olympias and Aristotle, mistakenly represented as a woman., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Detail of the lower full foliate border, including two angels supporting heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Jacques Legrand's Livre des bonnes moeurs., Le livre des bonnes moeurs (The book of good manners) (ff. 1-86v), followed by a list of the seven deadly sins, the good confession, the good death, and the ten commandments (ff. 87-89v)

of Jacques Legrand's Livre des bonnes moeurs. Added alphabetical quire signatures of capital letters B-L, on the first page of quires. 1 half-page miniature with a large decorated initial and full foliate borders including two angels supporting heraldic arms in

• Miniature of the Fall of Lucifer and the rebel angels, decorated initial 'T'(ous), and full foliate borders including two angels supporting heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Jacques Legrand's Livre des bonnes moeurs., Le livre des bonnes moeurs (The book of good manners) (ff. 1-86v), followed by a list of the seven deadly sins, the good confession, the good death, and the ten commandments (ff. 87-89v)

of Jacques Legrand's Livre des bonnes moeurs. Added alphabetical quire signatures of capital letters B-L, on the first page of quires. 1 half-page miniature with a large decorated initial and full foliate borders including two angels supporting heraldic arms in

• Last page with written text in the manuscript., Le livre des bonnes moeurs (The book of good manners) (ff. 1-86v), followed by a list of the seven deadly sins, the good confession, the good death, and the ten commandments (ff. 87-89v)

quire signatures of capital letters B-L, on the first page of quires. 1 half-page miniature with a large decorated initial and full foliate borders including two angels supporting heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1).

• Miniature of a layman accompanied by an angel and by the devil, lectured about sin and grace by a religious, large initial 'Q'(ui), and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the list containing the seven deadly sins., Le livre des bonnes moeurs (The book of good manners) (ff. 1-86v), followed by a list of the seven deadly sins, the good confession, the good death, and the ten commandments (ff. 87-89v)

the list containing the seven deadly sins. Added alphabetical quire signatures of capital letters B-L, on the first page of quires. 1 half-page miniature with a large decorated initial and full foliate borders including two angels supporting heraldic arms in

• Miniature of a sick man in bed attended by a priest and a laymen, and illuminated initial., Le livre des bonnes moeurs (The book of good manners) (ff. 1-86v), followed by a list of the seven deadly sins, the good confession, the good death, and the ten commandments (ff. 87-89v)

illuminated initial. Added alphabetical quire signatures of capital letters B-L, on the first page of quires. 1 half-page miniature with a large decorated initial and full foliate borders including two angels supporting heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) with David in the water praying to God at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter

erased. Possibly one leaf lost between ff. 8-9 (the original Beatus initial is missing here but the first and second quires are regular quarternions; the initial might have been executed on a separate leaf that is now lost), 1 leaf

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n the bigi[n]nyng) with pen-flourishing including foliate motifs extending into the margins at the beginning of the Harmony of the Gospels attributed to 'Clement of Lantonye'., Vol. 1: Oon of Foure (English translation of the Harmony of the Gospels) (index Gospel Harmony), Vol. 2: Wycliffite New Testament, in the later version, including the Pauline Epistles, Acts of the Apostles, Book of Revelation, etc.

ben red in the chirche in al the yeer after the uss of salisbury' (ff. 307-365).Catchwords written horizontally. Leaf signatures. Quires are numbered above the catchword in Arabic numbers. Large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 35,287 British Library, London 106 images.

Other peculiarties are the spaces between the paragraphs, and the word "cor' " or "coree' " at the ends of quires (ff. 8b, 16 b, etc.). Vellum; ff. 104. About A.D. 1400. Initials and headings in red, and red linos

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

quire to which it is attached. The pricking, frame, and ruling also mark it out as an addition to the quires containing the Festial . English ff. 4r-125v John Mirk Festial (IPMEP 734 ) 'God maker of alle thyng be

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

- a holster book. Originally 11 quires of 12 leaves. Catchwords ff. 25v, 37v, 49v, 61v, 73v, 85v, 87v, 108v, 121v. Collation as it survives today, quite complicated in the first and last quires: 1 12 (wants 1-3, 10-11); 2

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

lyf'. Ends imperfectly. F. 157v has the catchwords 'And nyght and day'. English Codex Parchment 250 180 mm Originally 27 quires of eights, 21 remaining. Catchwords are regular after their first appearance on f. 103. Collation: 1-3 8 , 4

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

& ne lede us not in temptacyon but delyuere us of yuel. Amen'. English Codex Parchment 180 130 mm Irregular quires: 1 8 , ff. 1r-8v, catchword; 2 4 , ff. 9r-12v; 3 8 , ff. 13r-20v, catchword; 4 8

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

venerabilis lincolniensis qui dicitur stimulus consciencie'. English ff. 123r-174v St. Gregory Pastoral Care Latin Codex Parchment 207 137 mm Sixteen quires of twelve, apart from quire 1 10 , quire 11 8 , and quire 15 10 . Catchwords throughout

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

a writing space of 120 x 80 mm. Single columns with 24-28 lines. Frame ruled in purplish crayon in some quires and lines in drypoint but often not visible. Scribe 1 writes in an Anglicana Formata script on pp. 1-18,

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

ȝe here now hwat ȝe be'. 'Cuius anime propicietur deus'. English Codex Parchment 270 195 mm Uncertain. Possibly originally ten quires of six . Collation: Quire 1(lost); 2(lost; 3( lost); 4 6 (lacking 1-2); 5 6 (lacking 3-6); 6 6