• Coloured initial., Psalter

Coloured initial. 1 decorated headpiece (f. 2). Large initials in plain red. Psalter Inscription in Russian (f. 1).Inscribed 'Ex dono Will(hel)mi Skinner Armig(?)' (f. 1). Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

• White vine initial 'Q'(uam) at the beginning of De officiis., De officiis

Part 1: original foliation. Ends with a table of contents (ff. 87v-89) Large white vine initials in colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 38v, 61). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. De officiis Part 1 written

• White vine initial 'Q'(uemadmodum) in colours at the beginning of the book., De officiis

Part 1: original foliation. Ends with a table of contents (ff. 87v-89) Large white vine initials in colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 38v, 61). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. De officiis Part 1 written

• Detail of white vine initial 'Q'(uam) at the beginning of De officiis., De officiis

Part 1: original foliation. Ends with a table of contents (ff. 87v-89) Large white vine initials in colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 38v, 61). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. De officiis Part 1 written

• Detail of decorated initial., De consolatione philosophiae, imperfect

colophon (f. 53v).? The Carthusians of Mainz: 14th-century inscription ? 'liber Carthus(iensium) p(ro)pe Mogu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1, obscured by ink stamp).Inscribed '77' and '9' (f. 1); similar inscriptions occur in other Arundel manuscripts.? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

188v-190r, with the title 'Practica Edwardi [Nigri ] , Universitatis Oxonie qui fuit...cirurgicus'. Codex Paper and parchment. 250 195 mm 1 8 ; 2-7 12 ; 8 11 ; 9-10 10 . Pricking: none apparent. Writing space of 195 x

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

England London British Library Additional 36983 Bedford MS s. xv 1 English Scribe 1 (ff. 1-118) - Scribal dialect: Bedfordshire (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 102). Scribe 5 (ff. 264r-279v) - Scribal Dialect: Warwickshire. Linguistic Atlas

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

1729 ) 'Ihesu lord wel come ye be'. 'Houfull be my last bred. Fiat. Amen'. Codex Parchment 150 85 mm 1 6 (includes ff. viii-ix), 2-6 16 , 7 12 , 8 16 , 9 6 (3 and 5 canc.),

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

of f. 174r-v: language similar to main hand and 'belongs probably to N Salop' (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 102). A mid fifteenth-century copy of the Stanzaic Life of Christ (Foster 1926, p. xi); Dialogue between a

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

bryngeth ous to minde'. 'To hoeuene hoe make ous stye at oure endeday. Amen'. English Codex Parchment 230 170mm 1 14 (1 and 14 are added leaves), ff. 1r-13v; 2 12 , ff. 14r-25v; 3 12 , ff. 26r-37v; 4

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 28,617 British Library, London 47 images.

Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B Manuscript Number 28,617 Source Library British Library, London Description Prologue, II, 513-end, f. 1; "Legenda Cleopatrye," II, 1-31, f. 2; Tisbe, II. 103-end, f. 3; "Legenda Didonis Cartagie Regine," 11. 1-180, 381-end, with

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 32,248 British Library, London 18 images.

Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B Manuscript Number 32,248 Source Library British Library, London Description 11. MIRACLES of the Virgin, in Latin rhyming verse, beginning "Virgo fuit quedam, metrice quam plenius edam." At the end,

• beginning of the XV Century MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 2457 British Library, London 4...

Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A Manuscript Number 2457 Source Library British Library, London Description 11. Verses on blood-letting, the title of which is "How thow schalt knowe veynes for blod letynge; and how in

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Description 11. The Chastising of God's children. In 27 chapters. Imperfect, beg. in chap. iv. with the words "and in saulo. Som falles pen in perplexities." The text differs considerably from that printed and attributed to Caxton. f. 1.

• Middle of xv. cent MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 36,523 British Library, London 96 images.

Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B Manuscript Number 36,523 Source Library British Library, London Description 11. Titus and Vespasian, or the Destruction of Jerusalem; in 5166 lines of octosyllabio verse, in rhymed couplets. This poem,