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Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
the prologue to Genesis (f. 1v) and Genesis (ff. 13-20). Pricking holes. Chapters start on a new line. Catchwords. Quire-marks (quires numbered on the verso of the last folio). Written in diminutive script. Large initial with dragons and interlacing foliate
Manuscripts of the West Midlands
'Of hem that writen ous The bokes duelle'. 'un amie soulain'. Macaulay 1899-1902; Macaulay 1957. Codex Paper 290 210 mm Quires of eights. Catchwords. Three leaves missing according to Brown. Single columns with 30-48 lines. Not ruled. Macaulay describes the
Manuscripts of the West Midlands
damage - folio blackened. 'Of goddys eyrenes þenkyn owght'. Cf. Horstmann 1892, pp. 355-406. Codex Parchment 155 120 mm. Four quires: 1 12 , ff. 1r-12v; 2 12 , ff. 13r-24v; 3 12 , ff. 25r-35v; 4 10 , ff.
Manuscripts of the West Midlands
i.e. small pricking marks along the outside edge of the margin roughly 5 mm apart in quire 3, 4. In quires 6-9 lines seem to have been ruled in lead or brown crayon/ink (e.g. ff. 347-348). Scribe 1 : ff.
Manuscripts of the West Midlands
mitred and pasted on 5 mm thick oak boards with 10 mm bevelled edge, cushion bevel. Boards cut flush with quires. Original sewing. Six double thongs across the spine. Remains of two leather straps on fore edge attached by round
Manuscripts of the West Midlands
god withoute end'. Amen Explicit maundeuyle'. Codex Parchment 290 193 mm Note on the first flyleaf, 'The order of the quires, badly confused in the 18th century. Rebinding, was set right in 1929.' 1 8 (wants 1), catchword f. 7v;
Manuscripts of the West Midlands
iv + 141 + ii Good but binding coming apart. Unknown. On f. 13r in the hand that numbered the quires is written the date 1420. Ff. 97r and 139v a rebus which seems to contain the letters 'H E