initial 'A'(lexander), at the beginning of Aristoteles's Epistola Ypocratis ad Alexandrum. 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with penwork decoration in red and blue (f. 1).1 smaller initial with reserved designs (f. 4). Small initials in plain
f. 1).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818 (inscription 'E Libri Caroli Parr Burney 1818', f. 1). Decorated initials Eastern Mediterranean
with a dragon, at the beginning of the first statute of Edward III. 1 historiated initial, with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 22). 1 large initial in gold on a ground in red and blue, with
at the beginning of the first statute under the government of Richard II. 1 historiated initial, with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 22). 1 large initial in gold on a ground in red and blue, with
on a throne, at the beginning of the first statute of Edward III. 1 historiated initial, with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 22). 1 large initial in gold on a ground in red and blue, with
and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 150), Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: not mapped, LP 21. Ff. 81r-84r - Scribal Dialect: South Nottinghamshire 'but written by a scribe of Lichfield' (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 150), Linguistic Atlas
Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 4, p. 238). Hand of f. 12v - Shropshire (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin, 1986, vol. 1, p. 149). A fifteenth-century copy of John Mirk's Instructions for Parish Priests copied by John Holyns. ff. 1r-33v John
of England , edited from MS. Rawl. B 171 , 2 vols, EETS, os, 13 1, London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Tr ü bner, 1. Harris, K. 1983. The Origins and Make-Up of Cambridge University Library MS. Ff.1.6
extreme N Hunts' (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 77). F. 164 'Language apparently of N Ely, mixed with some other component(s). Ely' (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 77). A fifteenth-century collection of Wycliffite material.
4 SC 17680 s. xv med English Scribe 1 (ff. 1r-97v, ff. 104r-106r) - Scribal Dialect: Staffordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 413 348, LP 193 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 237). Scribe 2 (ff. 98r-103r) - Scribal Dialect: Staffordshire.