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: A Middle English Herbal reconstructed from Various Manuscripts , Essays and Studies on English Language and Literature, 6, Uppsala Universitet: Engelska. McIntosh, A., Samuels, M. L. and Benskin, M. 1986. A Linguistic Atlas of Late Medieval English: County Dictionary

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‘ Trilingualism in Early Middle English Miscellanies: Language and Literature ’ , Yearbook of English Studies , 33, 18-32, pp. 23-24. Serjeantson, M. 1927. ‘ The Dialects of the West Midlands ’ , Review of English Studies , 3, 54-67,

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N. F. 1972. Middle English Religious Prose , York Medieval Texts, London: Arnold. Boffey, J. 2003. ‘ The Charter of the Abbey of the Holy Ghost and its Role in Manuscript Anthologies ’ , Yearbook of English Studies , 33,

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list in Latin of expressions relating to the deity followed by an English charm, the Letter to Charlemagne . The English text begins on f. 175v. Latin English Printed in Baugh 1956, p. 154. f. 178r-v Fifteen Joys of the

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Atlas of Late Medieval English: General Introduction, Index of Sources, Dot Maps , 4 vols, Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1. McIntosh, A., Samuels, M. L. and Benskin, M. 1986. A Linguistic Atlas of Late Medieval English: County Dictionary , 4

• Puzzle initial 'N'(umquid) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of 'Ordinarium sive Alphabetum vitae religiosae'., Opera (index Works), imperfect at the end

as '168', omitted by the modern pencil foliation that corrects the old one from f. 168 onwards. Loss of 16 leaves (i.e. one gathering) after f. 247, corresponding to old foliation '250-265', with consequent loss of the rarely attested 'Pastoralia'

• null, Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

brown pen-flourishing. Line-fillers in red and/or blue. Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) The text of the chronicle ends with Richard III (f. 33). The

• Text page with pen drawing of a surgical instrument., Medical miscellany, including Bradmore's 'Philomena' in Middle English translation (ff. 6-184v)

a medical compendium including a number of collections of medical recipes in Middle English and Latin, and texts relating to the use of astrology for medical purposes (ff. 232-234, 234v-237v).A table of content to Bradmore's treatise (ff. 2-5v).The original flyleaves

• Detail of the drawing of a surgical instrument., Medical miscellany, including Bradmore's 'Philomena' in Middle English translation (ff. 6-184v)

medical compendium including a number of collections of medical recipes in Middle English and Latin, and texts relating to the use of astrology for medical purposes (ff. 232-234, 234v-237v).A table of content to Bradmore's treatise (ff. 2-5v).The original flyleaves are

• Illuminated miniature of the Trinity, with God the Father seated enthroned holding the cross with the crucified Christ and the dove of the Holy Spirit above the head of Christ (a 'Gnadenstuhl Trinity'), and below, a kneeling donor, William Melreth, alderman of London, in prayer, with his arms. Below this in gold letters and in English is the caption 'Blessed be the trinite', and an inscription detailing Melreth's gift of the missal to the church of St Lawrence, London., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

a kneeling donor, William Melreth, alderman of London, in prayer, with his arms. Below this in gold letters and in English is the caption 'Blessed be the trinite', and an inscription detailing Melreth's gift of the missal to the church

• Middle of xv. cent MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 37790 British Library, London 241 images.

Harvey printed Misyn's works, Fire of Love etc. (Early Engl. Text Soc.1896), but neither appears to be his autograph. Another English version of Hampole's tract is in Lansd. MS.455, f. 41. Beg."Tary þou not to oure lord to be turnyd,"

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 36,791 British Library, London 145 images.

Library, London Description SPECULUM SACERDOTALE: a series of addresses to parish priests on the festivals of the Christian year, in English. Preceded by a prologue, beginning "The olde fadres a fore tymes made fro bigynuyng the fostyuites of holy apostles

• Middle of xv. cent MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 36,523 British Library, London 96 images.

MSS. by T. F. Simmons, The Lay Folks Mase Book (Early Engl. Text Soc., 1879). ROMANTIC and religious poems, in English, viz.:- Vellum; ff.ix., 93, with 34 to 40 lines to a page. Middle of xv. cent. Ornamental initial on

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 36683 British Library, London 178 images.

B Manuscript Number 36683 Source Library British Library, London Description PRYMER, apparently of Salisbury use, with Calendar and Psalter, in English. The Psalter, and in the main the psalms and lessons of the hours, agree with the later of the

• Middle of the xv. cent. MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 37223 British Library, London 217 images.

"quod A. H," f. 38; "per moy [Ha]liday," f. 66 b. He is probably the author of the French and English colophons, "Plume me fault," etc., and "Explicit liber secundus. Graces a Dieu," f. 36, "Quod my gray gusse penne,"