• 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

United States Charlottesville University of Virginia Hench 10 Aldenham s. xiv 2 English Scribal Dialect: Warwickshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 448 277, LP 534 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 244). A late-fourteenth century copy of the Prick

• 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

2, 4); 9-10 8 ; 11-12 6 ; 13 8 ; 14 8 (wants 1); 15-16 8 ; 1 flyleaf: i + 116 ff + 1 (out of 125; 2, 6, 15, 16, 57, 53, 59, 61 and 102 are

• 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.

• MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 24,192 British Library, London 87 images.

Number 24,192 Source Library British Library, London Description 11. AN epistle "of religious exortacioun" to a nun of how she should "growe in religious vertuously as a goostly tree," f. 1. 2 2. "A Lettre sent to a religious

• Late xivth cent MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 33995 British Library, London 161 images.

Number 33995 Source Library British Library, London Description 11. The Mirror of Life, by William of Nassyngton, beg. " Almyghty Godde in Trynyte | Iu wham anely er persons thre." f. 1. In the present copy the concluding passage,

• MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 24,062 British Library, London 219 images.

Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A Manuscript Number 24,062 Source Library British Library, London Description 11. Table of contents. Fr. ff. 2-4 b, 198-201 b. 2 2. Letters addressed to the Chancellor, under the following

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 34,193 British Library, London 230 images.

Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B Manuscript Number 34,193 Source Library British Library, London Description 11. Copies of two charters concerning the privileges of the Dean and Chapter of St. Peter's, York. Lat. The first

• late XIVth cent. MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 22,283 British Library, London 186 images.

Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A Manuscript Number 22,283 Source Library British Library, London Description 11. A series of Gospel stories in verse, each headed with the opening Latin words from the Vulgate, and most

• 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.