• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

amoris'. In 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;

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

the end flyleaves and is both cropped and placed sideways. Codex Parchment and paper. The outer and central bifolia of quires are vellum whilst the others are paper. 210 120 mm 1 12 , ff. 3r-14v; 2 ? ; 3

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

'Of hem that writen ous The bokes duelle'. 'un amie soulain'. Macaulay 1899-1902; Macaulay 1957. Codex Paper 290 210 mm Quires of eights. Catchwords. Three leaves missing according to Brown. Single columns with 30-48 lines. Not ruled. Macaulay describes the

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

hyng'. English Codex Parchment 300 220 mm. Twelve quires of eight. Ff. 1 and 2 originally flyleaves. First two folios blank. Quire 12 wants two leaves after f. 94. Catchwords for all quires except quire 1. Catchword in scroll with

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quire to which it is attached. The pricking, frame, and ruling also mark it out as an addition to the quires containing the Festial . English ff. 4r-125v John Mirk Festial (IPMEP 734 ) 'God maker of alle thyng be

• Text page with coloured initials and rubric., Thebais (index Thebaid)

coloured initials and rubric. Quires signatures in the lower margins of each final verso up to viiii.The text was copied from a Continental exemplar, also used to copy Paris BnF Nouv. acq. lat. MS 1627 (Tours) and Worcester MS Q.

• Coloured initial and rubric., Thebais (index Thebaid)

and rubric. Quires signatures in the lower margins of each final verso up to viiii.The text was copied from a Continental exemplar, also used to copy Paris BnF Nouv. acq. lat. MS 1627 (Tours) and Worcester MS Q. 8, according

• Illuminated initials 'D'(etestabilem) and 'V'(olo) on coloured grounds with white tracery., Compilation of patristic texts, imperfect

marginal glosses, notabilia and maniculae in black or purple (ff. 1-125).Patristic compilation: 7 quires missing at the beginning and at least 5 at the end, as suggested by the old foliation '70-189, 193-196, 244' (ff. 1-125). Illuminated initials on coloured

• Puzzle initial 'P'(lecto genua mea) at the beginning of Bonaventure's Breviloquium., Theological Miscallany including the Breviloquium de veritate theologiae, various religious tracts, monastic rules, and a description of the Holy Land (ff. 141-158)

and different styles of initials are apparent in the various quires, although the two-column layout has been maintained throughout. The manuscript was compiled in the Middle Ages. None of the quires has notable decorative features, other than the initials noted

• Detail of the lower full foliate border, including two angels supporting heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Jacques Legrand's Livre des bonnes moeurs., Le livre des bonnes moeurs (The book of good manners) (ff. 1-86v), followed by a list of the seven deadly sins, the good confession, the good death, and the ten commandments (ff. 87-89v)

of Jacques Legrand's Livre des bonnes moeurs. Added alphabetical quire signatures of capital letters B-L, on the first page of quires. 1 half-page miniature with a large decorated initial and full foliate borders including two angels supporting heraldic arms in