• Full border and epigraphic initial with foliate decoration., Fables

Robert Henryson (c. 1439-1506) is known as the 'Scottish Chaucer'. This manuscript of his poems is a copy of Bassandyne's edition printed in Edinburgh in 1571 (see Bawcutt 2005). The drawing of the cock (f. 3v) and the representation of

• Puzzle initial 'A'(llas) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the book., The Consolation of Philosophy (index De consolatione philosophiae)

for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Puzzle initial Boethius, translated by Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

'Ther be vi thynges'. 'and so be hit. Amen'. English f. 28r Prayer 'O vos sacerdotes'. Latin ff. 29r-48r Geoffrey Chaucer Tale of Melibeus (IPMEP 18 ) 'A yonge man myghtye and riche'. 'his goode name for it is written'.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

T., Scott, K. L., and Dennison, L., ed, 2000. An Index of Images in English Manuscripts from the Time of Chaucer to Henry VIII c. 1380 - c. 1509: The Bodleian Library, Oxford, MSS Additional - Digby , vol. 1,

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Press, 4. Green, M. 1992, ‘ Obstetrical and Gynecological Texts in Middle English ’ , Studies in the Age of Chaucer 14, 55-88. Green, M. and Mooney, L. 2006. ‘ The Sickness of Women ’ , in Sex, Aging, and

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Eljenholm Nichols, A., and Scott, K. L. ed, 2001. An Index of Images in English Manuscripts from the Time of Chaucer to Henry VIII c. 1380-c.1509: Fascicle 2, MSS Dodsworth-Marshall , London, Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publishers, p. 59, no. 560.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Orr, M. T., and Scott, K. L. ed, 2001. An Index of Images in English Manuscripts from the Time of Chaucer to Henry VIII c. 1380-c.1509: Fascicle 3, MSS e Musaeo - Wood , London, Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publishers, p.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Malory ’ , Times Literary Supplement , 18 February, p. 193 . Petti, A. G. 1977. English Literary Hands from Chaucer to Dryden , London: E. Arnold , p. 13, facsimile f. 45r. Shepherd, S. H. A., ed, 2004. Le

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

T., Scott, K. L., and Dennison, L., ed, 2000. An Index of Images in English Manuscripts from the Time of Chaucer to Henry VIII c. 1380 - c. 1509: The Bodleian Library, Oxford, MSS Additional - Digby , vol. 1,