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Manuscripts of the West Midlands
College 13 s. xv 2 English Latin Scribe 1 (beginning to f. 169v, ff. 272r-287v): Scribal Dialect: Derbyshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference 415 362, LP 581 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin, vol. 1, p. 154). Scribe 2 (ff. 170r-271v, 288r to
the same hand on ff. 69r-73v is a table of contents in Latin. Codex Parchment 270 190 mm Quires remounted. 1 12 , ff. 1-12v, catchword; 2 12 , ff. 13r-24v, catchword; 3 10 , ff. 25r-34v, catchword; 4 2
whiche mi defaute amende kan'. Southern recension of the text. Codex Parchment 265 160 mm 1 12 ; 2 12 (wants 12), 3 12 (wants 1, 9); 4 12 (wants 5-8), 5-8 12 . Catchwords: ff. 12v; 36v; 48v; 60v;
Six scribes (of many) with a scribal dialect located to Warwickshire/Staffordshire. Scribe 1 (ff. 4r-21r) - Scribal Dialect: Suffolk, 'Language of Lavenham' (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 116). Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 592 254, LP 8320. Suffolk.
er. 280 195 mm 1 8 , ff. 3r-10v; 2 4 , ff. 11r-18v; 3 11 , 6 added, ff. 19r-29v; 4 4 , ff. 30r-37v; 5 8 , ff. 38r-46v; 6 8 , wants 1, ff. 47r-53v, catchwords; 7
- c. 23/24. Ruling not visible. Scribe 1 (ff. 2r-6r) writing in a small cursive hand. Characteristics: double compartment g ; 2-shaped r ; B-shaped w ; double compartment a . Body height: 1 mm. Scribe 2 (ff. 7r-86r) writing
4733 s. xv med English Scribe 1: Scribal dialect: Worcestershire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 391 277, LP 7600 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 249). Scribe 2: Scribal dialect: Warwickshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 410 262, LP 4681 (McIntosh, Samuels
edited from MS. Rawl. B 171 , 2 vols, EETS, os, 131, London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Tr ü bner, 1 Brie, F. W. D., ed, 1908. The Brut or The Chronicles of England , edited from MS. Rawl. B
parchment flyleaves at the beginning with ii and iii foliated as 1 and 2, iv and v are not foliated and the text starts on f. 3r (previously f. 1). Unknown On f. 1v is written ' Robert Sandis est
edited from MS. Rawl. B 171 , 2 vols, EETS, os, 131, London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Tr ü bner, 1. Furnivall, F. J., ed, 1858. Early English Meals and Manners , EETS, os, 32, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Tr
of which are West Midlands manuscripts. Blake, N. and Robinson, P., ed, 1993. The Canterbury Tales Project: Occasional Papers , 1, Oxford: Office for Humanities Communication Publications, p. 95. Bowers, J. M., ed, 1992. The Canterbury Tales : fifteenth century
Library, MS Additional 37787 in Baugh 1956, pp. 107-121. Conlee 1991, pp. 18-49. Codex Parchment 225 155 mm iv + [1, 2 - now lost ] ; 3-5 8 ; 6 4 (wants 4); 7-13 8 ; 14 8 (wants
4, p. 244). The scribal dialect of ff. 152r-163v has been located to Norfolk (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 113). The manuscript contains Latin theological and moral texts which are interspersed with English and some French verses.