• Decorated initial 'S'(icut) at the beginning of the first text, and birds, oak leaves, acorns and crowned knight in armour in the margins., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

death of the ninth abbot of Waltham, Richard of Hertford, who died in 1345 (ff. 38v-39).Some verses written in Middle English (f. 39; transcribed in Millar 1933, 117-18).The various texts have been numbered and these numbers have been written in

• Decorated initial 'D'(e) with pen-flourishing including an oak leaf, at the beginning of a list of the relics given to Waltham abbey by Harold and others., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

death of the ninth abbot of Waltham, Richard of Hertford, who died in 1345 (ff. 38v-39).Some verses written in Middle English (f. 39; transcribed in Millar 1933, 117-18).The various texts have been numbered and these numbers have been written in

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing in the 'Waltham Chronicle'., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

death of the ninth abbot of Waltham, Richard of Hertford, who died in 1345 (ff. 38v-39).Some verses written in Middle English (f. 39; transcribed in Millar 1933, 117-18).The various texts have been numbered and these numbers have been written in

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) with pen-flourishing. Arches drawn in the margin, possibly by William Howard in the early 17th century., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

death of the ninth abbot of Waltham, Richard of Hertford, who died in 1345 (ff. 38v-39).Some verses written in Middle English (f. 39; transcribed in Millar 1933, 117-18).The various texts have been numbered and these numbers have been written in

• Coloured drawing of an English king in armour and tabard (William II), presenting a plaque with verses. Unfinished., Anonymous verses on the kings of England, to Henry VI, unfinished (manuscript also known as Sir Thomas Holme's Book of Arms) (index Heraldry)

of an English king in armour and tabard (William II), presenting a plaque with verses. Unfinished. This manuscript, together with two other manuscripts (London, British Library, Add. 45133 and London, Guildhall Library, Print Room (s.n.)) is known as 'Sir Thomas

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

: 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

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

‘ 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,

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

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,

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

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