• Historiated initial 'U' with an angel holding a book, a knight with a shield and spear, a crouching man, and a dragon's head forming part of the letter., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), OldEnglish scholar and Church of England clergyman, Archbishop Parker's secretary (with his annotations and supplements; see Tite, 1992, p. 117).?

• Decorated initial at the beginning of the canon of the mass., Cistercian Missal, imperfect

mass. f. 8* is a small parchment insertion.One of five English Cistercian missals currently known (see Chadd 1986 p. 306). 3 large initials in blue or green, with red penwork decoration, or in red with blue penwork decoration, at the

• Historiated initial of a scholar, with a partial border., Miscellany, including Patefit, Electiones laudabiles, Sermo de regulis compotistarum, Canones eclipsium, Ad habendam diversitatem aspectus lune pro situ in epiciclo

from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library. Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Scholar Iohannis de Ianua, Iohannes (Danck) de Saxonia and others France, Central (Paris)

• Decorated initial 'A'(d) and coloured initials 'E'(xcita) and 'F'(ratres)., Cistercian Missal, imperfect

f. 8* is a small parchment insertion.One of five English Cistercian missals currently known (see Chadd 1986 p. 306). 3 large initials in blue or green, with red penwork decoration, or in red with blue penwork decoration, at the canon

• Miniature of the Lamb with the Manus Dei, the Evangelists' symbols, and 24 Elders, at the beginning of Revelation 5:6., Apocalypse (Revelation)

pen-flourishing. Apocalypse (Revelation) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. The vision

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

nine MSS of the South English Nativity of Mary and Christ (part of the South English Legendary) contain closely related texts. Edition: O. S. Pickering, The South English Nativity of Mary and Christ, Middle English Texts 1 (Heidelberg: Winter, 1975).

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

Edition: M. Wattie, The Middle English Lai le Freine', Smith College Studies in Modern Languages, vol. 10, no. 3 (Northampton, Mass.: Smithe College, 1928). (Critical edition). Other editions: A. Laskaya and E. Salisbury, The Middle English Breton Lays (Michigan: Medieval

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

1966). Other editions: A. Laskaya and E. Salisbury, The Middle English Breton Lays (Michigan: Medieval Publications for TEAMS, 1995). (Includes an electronic version of the text). D. B. Sands, Middle English Verse Romances (Exeter: Exeter University Press, 1986). B. Ford,

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

S. J. H. Herrtage, The Early English Versions of the Gesta Romanorum, EETS ES 33 (London: Trübner, 1879; reprinted 1962): 498-499. R. P. Wülcker, Altenglisches Lesebuch (Halle: Niemeyer, 1874-80). A. J. Ellis, On Early English Pronunciation, Chaucer Society, Second Series,

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

591 lines, not including Latin speech-labels or the English title. Ends perfect but with loss of line ends on f.35ra. Six other manuscripts of variant versions: BL Additional MS 22283 (Simeon). W. Midland. 1380-1400. Simeon also has The King of

• 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

) English f. 48v South English Legendary: Feast of the Annunciation (IMEV 2989 ) English ff. 48v-49r South English Legendary: Moveable Feasts/Septuagesima (IMEV 791 ) English ff. 49r-51r South English Legendary: Lent (IMEV 1859 ) English ff. 51r-52r South English

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

) English Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 256-260. f. 6v South English Legendary: Life of St. Bridget (IMEV 2872 ) Longer version. English f. 9v South English Legendary: Life of St. Blase ( IMEV 2866 ) English f. 12v South English

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

English Lyrics of MS Harley 2253, Old and English Texts , Manchester: University Press. Brown, C. 1916. A Register of Middle English Religious and Didactic Verse , 2 vols, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 320-22. Brown. C. ed., 1932.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

of yuel amen'. English ff. 1r-v Ave Maria 'Heyl marie ful of grace god is with þee & blessyd be þou among ane wymen & blessid þe fruyt of þi wombe ihesu amen'. Given here in full. English f. 1v