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Manuscripts of the West Midlands
hyng'. English Codex Parchment 300 220 mm. Twelve quires of eight. Ff. 1 and 2 originally flyleaves. First two folios blank. Quire 12 wants two leaves after f. 94. Catchwords for all quires except quire 1. Catchword in scroll with
amoris'. In the same hand on ff. 69r-73v is a table of contents in Latin. Codex Parchment 270 190 mm Quires remounted. 1 12 , ff. 1-12v, catchword; 2 12 , ff. 13r-24v, catchword; 3 10 , ff. 25r-34v, catchword;
quire to which it is attached. The pricking, frame, and ruling also mark it out as an addition to the quires containing the Festial . English ff. 4r-125v John Mirk Festial (IPMEP 734 ) 'God maker of alle thyng be
- a holster book. Originally 11 quires of 12 leaves. Catchwords ff. 25v, 37v, 49v, 61v, 73v, 85v, 87v, 108v, 121v. Collation as it survives today, quite complicated in the first and last quires: 1 12 (wants 1-3, 10-11); 2
lyf'. Ends imperfectly. F. 157v has the catchwords 'And nyght and day'. English Codex Parchment 250 180 mm Originally 27 quires of eights, 21 remaining. Catchwords are regular after their first appearance on f. 103. Collation: 1-3 8 , 4
as this is a miscellaneous manuscript made up by different quires of different size. Measurements given are the overall framing size of the leaves. c. 200 c. 140 mm Originally quires of various sizes and very tightly bound. Catchwords: ff.
7 and the beginning of quire 8, no catchword on the last folio of quire 7. Pricking: visible in all quires, as reference to trace the frame, two at the top and two at the bottom margin, but irregular in
with red and blue penwork. Three-line blue initials with red penwork decoration. Four-line lombardic capitals. Very little decoration in later quires. Not medieval. Size: 200 x 145 mm. Cover: red leather over pasteboard with gold stamp of two angels holding
cover. The first three quires have had their corners folded inwards creating a 'v' shaped fold (See Tschann and Parkes 1996, p. lv, fig. 2). On the fore edge of the first three leaves of these quires there is piercing
Last four lines of text missing. Codex Parchment 290 200 mm 1-6 8 . No catchwords. Pricking: visible in all quires and regularly spaced throughout the quire; two small rounded marks, 5 mm apart, not always visible, but noticeable on
& ne lede us not in temptacyon but delyuere us of yuel. Amen'. English Codex Parchment 180 130 mm Irregular quires: 1 8 , ff. 1r-8v, catchword; 2 4 , ff. 9r-12v; 3 8 , ff. 13r-20v, catchword; 4 8
the end flyleaves and is both cropped and placed sideways. Codex Parchment and paper. The outer and central bifolia of quires are vellum whilst the others are paper. 210 120 mm 1 12 , ff. 3r-14v; 2 ? ; 3
venerabilis lincolniensis qui dicitur stimulus consciencie'. English ff. 123r-174v St. Gregory Pastoral Care Latin Codex Parchment 207 137 mm Sixteen quires of twelve, apart from quire 1 10 , quire 11 8 , and quire 15 10 . Catchwords throughout
) Acephelous A f ragment only partially copied and now difficult to read. English. Codex Parchment 310 210 mm Fifteen quires. Eights. Catchwords throughout. Pricking heavily cropped. Writing space of c. 220 x 140 mm. Single columns with 31 lines.
a writing space of 120 x 80 mm. Single columns with 24-28 lines. Frame ruled in purplish crayon in some quires and lines in drypoint but often not visible. Scribe 1 writes in an Anglicana Formata script on pp. 1-18,
swiche a lewed mannes witte shal pas'. 'here endith þe maunciples tale'. Codex Parchment 310 210 mm 1-33(8). Originally 34 quires of eights. First quire lost. Regular catchwords. Pricking not visible. Writing space of 210 x 110 mm. Text does
omnibus horis. Hic pennam fixi penitet me si male scripsi'. Latin Codex Vellum 195 140 mm Originally 27 quires of eights (quires 6 and 15 are twelves). Collation as it survives today: ii + 1 8 , ff. 3r-10v; 2
8 ; 19 10 ; 20-23 8 . According to Rigg and Brewer (1983, p. 5) ff. 124r-139r are two quires that were 'originally separate from the rest of the manuscript'. Pricking: not visibl e. Writing space: 190 x 125.
the thirteenth-century Wooing of Our Lord . English Horstmann 1896, pp. 345-366. Westra 1950. Codex Parchment 590 390 mm The quires of the manuscript have been remounted. Catchwords: ff. 6v; 14v; 22v; 30v; 35v; 43v; 59v; 69v; 77v; 83v; 91v;
est et fama parentum'. A book of astrological sortes translated into Latin from Arabic. Latin Codex Parchment 235 150 mm. Quires: 1 6 (plus one at end), ff. 1r-7v; 2 8 (plus one at beginning), ff. 8r-16v; 3 12 ,