• Bar border and initial 'T'(his) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Second Nun's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Bar border and initial 'T'(his) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Second Nun's Tale. The Prologue of the Cook's Tale is imperfect due to the loss of one leaf as well as an entire gathering

• Bar border and initial 'W'(ith) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Canon's Yeoman's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Bar border and initial 'W'(ith) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Canon's Yeoman's Tale. The Prologue of the Cook's Tale is imperfect due to the loss of one leaf as well as an entire gathering

• Bar border and initial 'L'(ordyngis) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Pardoner's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Bar border and initial 'L'(ordyngis) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Pardoner's Tale. The Prologue of the Cook's Tale is imperfect due to the loss of one leaf as well as an entire gathering after

• Bar border and initial 'A' with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Shipman's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Bar border and initial 'A' with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Shipman's Tale. The Prologue of the Cook's Tale is imperfect due to the loss of one leaf as well as an entire gathering after

• Bar border and initial 'O' with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Prioress's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Bar border and initial 'O' with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Prioress's Tale. The Prologue of the Cook's Tale is imperfect due to the loss of one leaf as well as an entire gathering after

• Bar border and initial 'L'(istneth) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Chaucer's Tale of Sir Thopas., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Bar border and initial 'L'(istneth) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Chaucer's Tale of Sir Thopas. The Prologue of the Cook's Tale is imperfect due to the loss of one leaf as well as an

• Initials with penwork decoration., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Initials with penwork decoration. The Prologue of the Cook's Tale is imperfect due to the loss of one leaf as well as an entire gathering after f. 45. As in all the manuscripts belonging to the same family in

• Bar border and initial 'A' with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Nun's Priest's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Bar border and initial 'A' with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Nun's Priest's Tale. The Prologue of the Cook's Tale is imperfect due to the loss of one leaf as well as an entire gathering

• Decorated initial 'W'(ete) and space left blank for miniature at the beginning of the Prologue of the Manciple's Tale, with space left blank for a miniature., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Decorated initial 'W'(ete) and space left blank for miniature at the beginning of the Prologue of the Manciple's Tale, with space left blank for a miniature. The Prologue of the Cook's Tale is imperfect due to the loss of

• Bar border and initial 'W'(han) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Manciple's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Bar border and initial 'W'(han) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Manciple's Tale. The Prologue of the Cook's Tale is imperfect due to the loss of one leaf as well as an entire gathering after

• Bar border and initial 'O' with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Parson's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Bar border and initial 'O' with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Parson's Tale. The Prologue of the Cook's Tale is imperfect due to the loss of one leaf as well as an entire gathering after

• Bar border and initial 'N'(ow) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of Chaucer's Retraction., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Bar border and initial 'N'(ow) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of Chaucer's Retraction. The Prologue of the Cook's Tale is imperfect due to the loss of one leaf as well as an entire gathering after f.

• A fragment of the original parchment flyleaf with ownership inscriptions., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

A fragment of the original parchment flyleaf with ownership inscriptions. The Prologue of the Cook's Tale is imperfect due to the loss of one leaf as well as an entire gathering after f. 45. As in all the manuscripts

• Detail of white vine initial 'A'(rma)., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 2-19v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 19v-66); Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 67-276v); Appendix (ff. 277-310).

vine initial 'A'(rma). f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf and there is a ruled leaf after f. 66.Vertical catchwords.A small square piece of parchment has been cut from the lower margin of f. 277 and the entire leaf is discoloured

• Full-page miniature of Michael III of Wallachia on horseback. The text in the border reads: 'The figure is without soul, but it has the eyesight of a living person, and if anybody wants to know the effigy of this one, it is of the akoutsos (or famous) Master (Afthentis) Michalis of whom all Turks, both young and old, were scared'., Life of Michael III, Voivod of Wallachia (Mihai Viteazul)

(or famous) Master (Afthentis) Michalis of whom all Turks, both young and old, were scared'. Spaces left for other miniatures.f. 1 is a paper fragment with notes by Covel pasted to f. [iiv] (see Wright 1972).For the text, see Emile

• Headpiece and decorated initial., Life of Michael III, Voivod of Wallachia (Mihai Viteazul)

Spaces left for other miniatures.f. 1 is a paper fragment with notes by Covel pasted to f. [iiv] (see Wright 1972).For the text, see Emile Legrand, ~Bibliothèque grecque vulgaire~ (Paris: H. Welter, 1881), II, pp. lxxx-lxxxiii, 183-230. Full-page miniature in

• Text page., De bello Italico adversus Gotos

Rosa 1993).No watermarks.The two added texts (ff. 1v and 86) also feature in Bryn Mawr College Library, MS 43. f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf.Catchwords. 5 large gold initials on a blue or dark red panel (ff. 2, 3v, 28v,

• Text page., De bello Italico adversus Gotos

Rosa 1993).No watermarks.The two added texts (ff. 1v and 86) also feature in Bryn Mawr College Library, MS 43. f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf.Catchwords. 5 large gold initials on a blue or dark red panel (ff. 2, 3v, 28v,

• Decorated initial 'E'(t) at the beginning of the prologue. Partly defaced coat of arms of the Schioppo family of Verona in the margin., De bello Italico adversus Gotos

Rosa 1993).No watermarks.The two added texts (ff. 1v and 86) also feature in Bryn Mawr College Library, MS 43. f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf.Catchwords. 5 large gold initials on a blue or dark red panel (ff. 2, 3v, 28v,

• Detail of inscription., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

'John Hemys(?), John hill(?), John tomson(?), Robard Ward(?)' (f. 82).John McCarthy(?), 16th century: inscribed his name (f. 72v).Added tabula (f. 1) signed by Thomas Gale (b. 1635 or 1646, d. 1702), dean of York and antiquary.? Thomas Howard (b. 1585,