• Carpet page., Fragments from Exodus (1:1-8:5)

Numerous space fillers in colours and gold. Fragments from Exodus (1:1-8:5) K. B. No. 1: inscribed (f. 1).Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), a antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Museum from him on 8 July 1882:

• 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

• Flourished initials 'L'(iber), and 'D'(icitur) with a human face, at the beginning of Egidius Corboliensis's Liber de urinis., Liber de urinis

of Egidius Corboliensis's Liber de urinis. 1 large initial in blue, with reserved design, with pen-flourishing in red (f. 1).1 small initial in red with pen-flourishing in blue, including a human face (f. 1). Small initials and paraph marks

• Puzzle initial 'A'(lphica), at the beginning of the Catalogus medicam., Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes in English (ff. 79-200)

Puzzle initial 'A'(lphica), at the beginning of the Catalogus medicam. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red (f. 1). Smaller initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Catalogus

• Flourished initials, in the Catalogus medicam., Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes in English (ff. 79-200)

Flourished initials, in the Catalogus medicam. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red (f. 1). Smaller initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes

• Scilly Isles

Full Record: Scilly Isles County Cornwall Transcript Icon description island, off St Buryan Icons island Description Appearances entirely faded Etymology uncertain Translation Earlier editors Celly (OS 1935, Parsons) Early Maps Silly (Angliae Figura) Overwritten Attested spelling Sully Hy 1 Ol

• Dale

Full Record: Dale County Pembrokeshire Transcript dale Icon description single building Icons building Description Appearances faded Etymology OE dael, ON dalr, 'valey' Translation Earlier editors Early Maps dale (Angliae Figura); dale (Totius Britanniae; single building) Overwritten no Attested spelling

• Haverfordwest

faded Etymology OE haefer, 'goat' + ford, 'ford' Translation Earlier editors havford (Parsons) Early Maps Arforde (Angliae Figura); hau(er)ford (Totius Britanniae; two buildings, castle, walls with one gate) Overwritten yes (?) Attested spelling Haverford 1204 PbRec i. 1; Welsh Hwlffordd

• Midhurst

P; among the 12th-century attestations there are 5 herst-forms, among the 13th-century attestations there are 11 hurst-forms, 4 herst-forms and 1 hirst-form, among the 14th-century attestations there are only hurst-forms, and among the 15th-century attestations there are 2 herst-forms, so

• 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

Scribal Scribe 1 is the same as Scribe 1 of Holkham Hall, Wells, Norfolk, Library of the Earl of Leicester, MS 668 (Lewis and McIntosh, 1982, pp. 54-5, 121-2) and Doyle notes that this scribe was also Scribe 1 of

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

4), i paper flyleaf with half an older flyleaf stuck over; 1 8 lacks 1-2, 8, 2 6 lacks 1, 3 12 lacks 1-2, 9-12, 4 ?6 lacks 1, 3-5, 5 12 lacks 3 and 9, 6 12 lacks 1-2,

• 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

• 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 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

• 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

• Early xvth cent MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 33,971 British Library, London 87 images.

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.

• 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.

• CP.F.31/1

• CP.E.241G

CP.E.241G Reference:CP.E.241G Repository:Borthwick Institute GB 193 Court:Curia Ebor Case:Appeals (tutorial appeal, sentence of excommunication) Details:1 Pieces; No deposition; No libel; No sentence Outcome: Date: 1374 — 1388 People & Places Participant: JohnStanton [de Stanton] Role: plaintiff Details: male; clerk

• CP.F.1

CP.F.1 Reference:CP.F.1 Repository:Borthwick Institute GB 193 Court:Curia Ebor Case:Breach of faith (debt) Details:3 Pieces; No deposition; Has libel; No sentence Outcome: Date: 25/10/1402 — 13/11/1402 People & Places Participant: GilbertWalker [Walkar] Role: plaintiff Details: male; citizen of York Location:

• CP.E.241I

CP.E.241I Reference:CP.E.241I Repository:Borthwick Institute GB 193 Court:Curia Ebor Case:Matrimonial (validity of marriage) Details:1 Pieces; No deposition; No libel; No sentence Outcome: Date: 1345 — 1345 People & Places Participant: Alice widow of StephenDe [de] Role: plaintiff Details: female Notes:

• CP.E.241X

CP.E.241X Reference:CP.E.241X Repository:Borthwick Institute GB 193 Court:Curia Ebor Case:Testamentary (withholding testator's goods) Details:1 Pieces; No deposition; Has libel; No sentence Outcome: Date: 1361 — 1361 People & Places Participant: WilliamMoreby [de Moreby] Role: plaintiff Details: male Participant: Avice widow

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

And byg&#563;neth his tale 76/1</ctp>.<resp>LC</resp> Whilom þer was dwellyng at Oxenford A riche gnof þat gestes heeld to boorde And of his craft he was a Carpenter Wiþ him þer was dwellyng a pore scoler Had lerned art but

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

is evident on folio 39r. The capital has been decorated using a shyning blue.<resp>ODR</resp></notetxt></note><note><notetxt><ctp>1</ctp>There is a small pricking next L 1 of the prologue, which appears under the illumination and is visible from the verso of 39v.<resp>ODR</resp></notetxt></note> In al the

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

Incipit fabula Armigeri<note><notetxt><ctp>1</ctp>The ink in this folio is brown and becomes darker brown afterwards. NB an extra watermarked leafs was used here.<resp>ODR</resp></notetxt></note> At Sarray , in the lond of Tartarye There dwelled a kyng , that werred Russye Thorugh