• Norfolk (county name)

name) County Northamptonshire Transcript Norfolk Icon description Icons Description Appearances red ink, within a cartouche Etymology OE norþ-folc (in OldEnglish Bede used to denote the people living north of the Humber) Translation Earlier editors Early Maps Overwritten no Attested

• Cheltenham

1935 (Parsons) Early Maps Overwritten no Attested spelling Chelteham 1156 RBE, 1218 ClR, 1248 Ass; OldEnglish form varies between Celtan- and Ciltan-; in Middle English Chilt- is the predominant form, but Chelt- reasserts itself from the middle of the

• Gloucester

gates, stripy roofs Icons gates (multiple) castle church Description Appearances Etymology Romano-British Glevum (probably Celtic glavio-, 'bright'), adopted into OldEnglish as Gleawe + ceaster, 'Roman settlement' Translation Earlier editors gloucestre (Parsons) Early Maps glocit(er) (Angliae Figura); Gloucestre (Totius Britanniae;

• Rochester

gates, stripy roofs Icons decorated roofs castle church with cross building gates (multiple) Description Appearances flaking ink Etymology Hrofi, OldEnglish form of Romano-British place-name Dorubrevi + OE ceaster, 'Roman settlement' Translation Earlier editors Rowchestr; a bridge is shown over

• Tenby

Full Record: Tenby County Pembrokeshire Transcript tynbey Icon description two castles, walls with one gate Icons gate castles (multiple) Description Appearances faded Etymology W din, 'fort' + bych, 'small' Translation Earlier editors Tynbeyr (Gough) Early Maps ty(n)by (Angliae Figura);

• Decorated initial., Lives of saints, and an Irish translation of Innocent III's De contemptu mundi

brown. Spaces left for initials. Lives of saints, and an Irish translation of Innocent III's De contemptu mundi Inscription in English dated 1823 (f. 21v).Bought by the British Museum in 1832, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by

• Miniature with Cebes and an Old Man pointing to the Tabula Cebetis, facing a decorated initial with a full border, at the beginning of Philippus Albericus's Tabula Cebetis. A foreigner, Cebes, enters the temple of Saturn. He sees a painted tablet, now worn by withering age, the meaning of which he was not at all able to make out. An Old Man, who was a native of the place, saw that he and his companions were uncertain about the picture. When asked by Cebes, he uncovered the meanings veiled in the figures and, taking up a pointer, he explained the whole thing in order (see Carlson 1993)., Tabula Cebetis, De mortis effectibus and other poems

Cebes and an Old Man pointing to the Tabula Cebetis, facing a decorated initial with a full border, at the beginning of Philippus Albericus's Tabula Cebetis. A foreigner, Cebes, enters the temple of Saturn. He sees a painted tablet, now

• Decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added Old English text of a manumission by king Athelstan., Gospel Book

Decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added OldEnglish text of a manumission by king Athelstan. The manuscript contains a text of a manumission by King Athelstan, one of the earliest of

• Detail of a decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added Old English text of a manumission by king Athelstan., Gospel Book

Detail of a decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added OldEnglish text of a manumission by king Athelstan. The manuscript contains a text of a manumission by King Athelstan, one of

• Detail of an added Old English text of a manumission by king Athelstan., Gospel Book

Detail of an added OldEnglish text of a manumission by king Athelstan. The manuscript contains a text of a manumission by King Athelstan, one of the earliest of the Anglo-Saxon examples of the practice of inserting records in sacred

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

English f. 91v South English Legendary: Feast of the Circumcision ( IMEV 4266 ) English f. 92r South English Legendary: Epiphany ( IMEV 3813 ) English f. 92r South English Legendary: Life of St. Hilary ( IMEV 2912 )

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Library Harley 201 ?s. vix English Scribe 1 - Scribal Dialect: Herefordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 363 258, LP 7500 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 199). Scribe 2 - Scribal dialect: Gloucestershire. Linguistic Grid Reference: 384 219, LP 7080

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

South English Legendary, Leeds Texts and Monographs, ns, 6, Leeds: Universi ty of Leeds School of English. G0rlach, M. 1998. Studies in Middle English Saints ’ Legends , Heidelberg: Carl Winter. Horstmann, C., ed, 1887. The Early South English Legendary

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

English f.27r South English Legendary: Life of St. Chad (IMEV 2874 ) English f.28v South English Legendary: Life of St. Gregory (IMEV 2910 ) English f.29v South English Legendary: Life of St. Longinus (IMEV 2960 ) English f.30r South

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Mediaeval English Presented to Angus McIntosh , Edinburgh: Middle English Dialect Project, pp. 251-264, pp. 255, 257, 259, and nn. 14, 16, 17. McIntosh, A., Samuels, M. L. and Benskin, M. 1986. A Linguistic Atlas of Late Medieval English: County