• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

HM 266 ’ , Scriptorium , 36, 99-102. Hanna, R. 1984. The Index of Middle English Prose. Handlist 1. Handlist of Manuscripts Containing Middle English Prose in the Henry E. Huntington Library , Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, p. 25. Hussey, S.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

College 1285 O.5.4 s. xv English Latin Scribal Dialect (ff. 1-7): Staffordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 382 310, LP 516 (McIntosh, Samuels, and Benskin 1986, p. 237). A fifteenth-century, mainly Latin, manuscript with only one English text, a grammatical treatise,

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Middle English Alliterative Poetry and its Literary Background , Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, pp. 88-100, p. 94. Doyle, A. I. 1986. ‘ Remarks on Surviving Manuscripts of Piers Plowman ’ , in Simpson, J. and Kratzmann, G., ed, Medieval English Religious

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

South English Legendary: Life of St. Frideswitha (IMEV 2900 ) f. 145v South English Legendary: Life of St. Fremund (IMEV 3192 ) f. 154r South English Legendary: Life of St. Petronilla (IMEV 3049 ) ff. 155r-157v South English Legendary: Old

• 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

• Coloured initial 'D'(omine), at the beginning of Psalm 101., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

in OldEnglish, beginning 'Myn drihten god aelmihtig' (ff. 190v-192) and 'Min drihten aelmihtig god si þe wuldor 7 þonc', 11th century (192-196v).Added note on three Friday fasts in OldEnglish, 11th century (f. 196v). Added an OldEnglish translation

• Detail of a miniature of a kneeling fool with an uplifted club biting a dog's tail., Bible historiale complétée (Genesis - Psalms)

(Genesis - Psalms) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps included 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. Fool

• Detail of a miniature in four compartments: 1. Virgin enthroned; 2. The Trinity; 3. The Trinity creating angels; 4. The Mouth of Hell, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible historiale complétée (Genesis - Psalms)

(Genesis - Psalms) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps included 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. Virgin

• Detail of a miniature of the sacrifice of Josiah, at the beginning of 2 Esdras (4 Ezra)., Bible historiale complétée (Genesis - Psalms)

(Genesis - Psalms) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps included 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. Sacrifice

• Miniature of the sacrifice of Josiah, with a foliate initial 'I'(osias) and a partial border, at the beginning of 2 Esdras (4 Ezra)., Bible historiale complétée (Genesis - Psalms)

(Genesis - Psalms) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps included 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. Sacrifice

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 40769 British Library, London 115 images.

Description RICHARD ROLLE, translation and exposition, verse by verse, with the Latin text, of the Psalter, followed by the six Old Testament canticles and the Magnificat, in the original and uninterpolated version as printed by H. R. Bramley, The Psalter

• XV - XVI centt MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 4698 British Library, London 114 images.

in English upon herbs, arranged in alphabetical order. It begins,"Agnus is an herbe that men clepeTutseyn" and ends at the entry for"Solatrum nigrum". ff.16b-42. For an edition of a version of this text see Essays and Studies on English Language

• late XIVth cent. MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 22,283 British Library, London 186 images.

attributed to William of Nassyngton, and founded on "La Somme des vices et des vertus," of which there were two English prose translations in the XIVth century, the one described under Art. 21 of this volume, the other known under

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 40673 British Library, London 23 images.

in. xv cent. Table of contents (f. 1) in a 16th cent. hand. Chapter numbers and titles in red. The old numeration of the leaves begins with 32. Perhaps (see Warner, p. liv) formed part of a book belonging to

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 41666 British Library, London 21 images.

the Additional Manuscripts, Section B Manuscript Number 41666 Source Library British Library, London Description 'MUM AND THE SOTHESEGGER': an anonymous English poem in unrhymed alliterative verse, 1751 lines, probably a continuation of the poem (entitled by W. W. Skeat 'Richard

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

old man vilenye But he trespas othir in worde or dede In holy writ ye may your seluen rede Ageyns an old man whoor vpon his heed Ye shul aryse wherfore I yeue yow reed Ne doth to an

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

o thyng warne I yow , my freendes deere I wol noon old wyf han , in no manere She shal nat passe , .xx. yeer certeyn Old fissh , and yong flessh , wol I haue feyn Bet is

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

Bet is Ï he a pyk þan a pykrelle Old fleissh and ȝong fleissh þat wolde I han ful fayn Sche schal nouȝt passe xvj ȝer certayn I wol non old wyf haue in no manere , But oþing warne

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

is no curteysye To spekyn to an old man vilanye But he trespace in word or ellis in dede In holy wryt ye may youre seluyn weel reede Ne doth vn to an old man noon harm now Na more

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

allien But oo þing warne I ȝow my frendes deere I wil noon old wyf haue in no manere Sche schal not passe sixtene ȝer certayn Old fleisch and ȝong fleisch þat wold I haue ful fayn Bet is quod