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• Illuminated initial 'M'(agna) at the beginning of the Speculum Christiani., Theological miscellany, entitled 'Speculum Christiani', including prayers and poetry in English, with dominical tables

Midland with several Northern forms interspersed, according to Holmstedt 1933 p. xli. 1 3-sided border in colours and golds with leaf forms and gold balls (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours on a gold ground (f. 3). 2 large

• Tables for determining the dominical letter and the golden number for the year 1425., Theological miscellany, entitled 'Speculum Christiani', including prayers and poetry in English, with dominical tables

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• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

England Oxford Bodleian Library Douce 302 SC 21876 s. xv 1 English Latin Scribe 1 - Scribal dialect: Staffordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 383 336, 189 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 237). Scribe 2 - Scribal Dialect: Staffordshire.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

(IMEV 404 ) 'As reson rywylde my rechyles mynde'. 'ffilius regis is alyve et non mortuus est'. 'Explicit'. English Furnival 1 866, pp. 233-242. ff. 5r-7v The Complaint of Christ (IMEV 3611 ) 'This is crystes owen complaynt fro man

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

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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

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