• London, British Library MS Sloane 1686 / Canterbury Tales

Manuscript Description London, British Library MS Sloane 1686 MS Appellation: Sl2 (Manly and Rickert) Title: Canterbury Tales Author: Chaucer Contents: Canterbury Tales Language: English Date Range: 1475-1500 Scribal Hands: Unknown Dialect: Norfolk Material: Paper No of Folios: 1-295

• Cambridge, St. John's College MS H.1 (204) / Delta

folios. Usage: 'Hauerforde'; this may be the scribe's upper case 'H' although there is little difference between this and version 1. The foot at the left of the shaft is slightly more pronounced. Usage: 'Hominum'; an 'H' in the display

• Cambridge, Trinity College MS B.15.17 (353) / Piers Plowman, B version

Scribal Hands: Adam Pinkhurst Material: Parchment No of Folios: 1 parchment stub (legal document) + 2 newish paper + 1 smaller stub of same document + 147 parchment folios + 1 small stub of same document + 2 newish paper

• USA, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections MS Taylor 5 / Confessio Amantis

B Dialect: Material: Parchment No of Folios: 1 marbled paper + 2 original parchment flyleaves with late 15-16 cc writing + 1-193 + original parchment flyleaf with late 15-16 cc writing + 1 marbled paper; ff2 and 3 are added

• Oxford, Wadham College MS 13 / Confessio Amantis

Hand A Dialect: Hand 1; LP No 581; County Derbys Hand 2; County NE Staffs/Derbys (cf LP 581): LALME places dialect in northwest Midlands, see also owners/notes relating to Cheshire. Material: Paper No of Folios: 1 paper flyleaf blank +

• London, British Library MS Egerton 2726 / Hand 2

Usage: 'Han'; initial letter of the line. The form of this upper case letter is similar to that of Hand 1 in this manuscript. Usage: 'Hasterubales'; upper case 'H' within the text. r Usage: 'byraft'; long 'r' used as well

• London, British Library MS Sloane 1009 part 1 / Unknown

London, British Library MS Sloane 1009 part 1 Folios: 2-57: (Tale of Melibeus 29-48r) Sampled Folios: 33r Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'a'; indefinite article. 'a' is always a double compartment graph. Usage: 'rather';

• London, British Library MS Harley 1239 / Hand 1

Profile Hand 1 Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Harley 1239 Folios: 1-15 Sampled Folios: 9r Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'what'; regular single compartment lower case 'a' used throughout. Usage: 'And'; the scribe

• London, British Library MS Additional 25718 / Hand 1

Profile Hand 1 Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Additional 25718 Folios: 1-40, 48-83 Sampled Folios: 7v Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'that'; double compartment 'a' used throughout. Usage: 'Imaked'; Usage: 'A'; the scribe

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Laud Misc. 609 (SC 2875) / Trevisa-Gower Scribe

Misc. 609 (SC 2875) Oslo/London, Schoyen Collection 194 London, University College Library, Special Collections MS frag. Angl. 1 Tokyo, Senshu University Library, MS 1 Current Manuscript: Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Laud Misc. 609 (SC 2875) Folios: 1-170 Sampled Folios: 122v

• Cambridge, Trinity College MS B.15.17 (353) / Adam Pinkhurst

National Library of Wales MS Peniarth 392D England, Hatfield House, Cecil Papers, Box S. 1. Cambridge, Trinity College MS B.15.17 (353) Cambridge, University Library MS Kk. 1. 3 Part 20 (XX) London (Kew), National Archives, SC 8/20/997 London, Guildhall Library

• Cambridge, University Library MS Kk. 1. 3 Part 20 (XX) / Adam Pinkhurst

National Library of Wales MS Peniarth 392D England, Hatfield House, Cecil Papers, Box S. 1. Cambridge, Trinity College MS B.15.17 (353) Cambridge, University Library MS Kk. 1. 3 Part 20 (XX) London (Kew), National Archives, SC 8/20/997 London, Guildhall Library

• London, Guildhall Library 5370 [Scriveners' Company Common Paper] / Adam Pinkhurst

National Library of Wales MS Peniarth 392D England, Hatfield House, Cecil Papers, Box S. 1. Cambridge, Trinity College MS B.15.17 (353) Cambridge, University Library MS Kk. 1. 3 Part 20 (XX) London (Kew), National Archives, SC 8/20/997 London, Guildhall Library

• Coventry, City Archives, Acc. 325/1 / Hand 1

Profile Hand 1 Current Manuscript: Coventry, City Archives, Acc. 325/1 Folios: 1-95vb: Hoccleve, Chaucer and Mandeville. Sampled Folios: 64v a Usage: 'and'; double compartment anglicana 'a' used throughout. Usage: 'awaite'; Usage: 'And'; an alternative form of upper case 'A', the

• London, British Library MS Additional 10340 / Hand 1

Profile Hand 1 Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Additional 10340 Folios: 1-40 Sampled Folios: 10v Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: nat'; straight-sided 'a' with dividing bar. Usage: 'abaist'; occasionally 'a' is open at

• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Ii. 3.21, part 1 / Boethius

University Library MS Ii. 3.21, part 1 Title: Boethius Author: Chaucer Contents: Boethius (closely affiliated NLW MS Peniarth 393D); on ff52v-54, after II metrum 5 of Chaucer's Boethius, the scribe has copied Former Age and Fortune; Commentary on Boethius by

• London, British Library MS Royal 17 D.XVIII / Regiment of Princes

of Folios: 3 new paper match pastedown + 1 original parchment flyleaf + 101 folios (last of which looks like blank flyleaf but is fourth leaf of a quire of 4) + 1 older paper flyleaf + 4 new paper

• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Dd.8.19 / Confessio Amantis

to Belson. Flourished Initials: On first lines especially toward back, larger black initials at start of each column, decorated by scribe; see f122. No red and blue initials, though 2-line spaces left for them. Further Information: Luard, vol. 1, 344-5.

• London, British Library MS Harley 3490 / Confessio Amantis

and Latin Date Range: 1450-1475 Scribal Hands: Unknown Dialect: County; Gowerian/colourless Material: Parchment No of Folios: 1 newer paper flyleaf + parchment 1-215 + 1 newer paper flyleaf. Pagination: Modern pencil upper outer corners recto foliating. Quiring: 8s Signatures: Rare

• Scotland, Glasgow, Glasgow University Library MS Hunter 409 (V.3.7) / Romaunt of the Rose

English and French Scribal Hands: Unknown Material: Parchment No of Folios: 1 marbled flyleaf + iv paper flyleaves + 150 vellum + 1 mutilated original vellum flyleaf + 1 original vellum flyleaf + ii paper flyleaves + i marbled flyleaf