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table of contents on p. 1 that begins, 'Here begynne the titles of the chapitles folewynge in the book of reformynge of manes soule'. See Bestul 2000; Underhill 1923. Codex Parchment Manuscript not examined. 1 flyleaf, 1-9 8 , 10

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Scribal Scribe 1 is the same as Scribe 1 of Holkham Hall, Wells, Norfolk, Library of the Earl of Leicester, MS 668 (Lewis and McIntosh, 1982, pp. 54-5, 121-2) and Doyle notes that this scribe was also Scribe 1 of

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4), i paper flyleaf with half an older flyleaf stuck over; 1 8 lacks 1-2, 8, 2 6 lacks 1, 3 12 lacks 1-2, 9-12, 4 ?6 lacks 1, 3-5, 5 12 lacks 3 and 9, 6 12 lacks 1-2,

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2, 4); 9-10 8 ; 11-12 6 ; 13 8 ; 14 8 (wants 1); 15-16 8 ; 1 flyleaf: i + 116 ff + 1 (out of 125; 2, 6, 15, 16, 57, 53, 59, 61 and 102 are

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þey schulen be deede'. 'Explicit comune sanctorum'. Gradon 1988, pp. 1-177. Codex Parchment with suede-like texture. 350 mm 240 mm 1 6 , 2-6 12 , 7 12 (wants 3-5, after p. 136), 8-9 12 , 10 8 , 11

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Related Manuscripts and other documents Scribal London, British Library, MS Additional 1 0301 is in the same hand but in Wiltshire dialect (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 100). Fletcher, A. J. 1987. ‘ John Mirk and the

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any his sister or broþere'. Codex Parchment c. 318 216 mm 1 8 (wants 1); 2 8 ; 3 8 (wants 1); 4 8 (wants 8); 5 8 (wants 1); 6-9 8 ; 10 8 (wants 5); 11-15 8 ;

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6 8 (the first leaf, + a leaf in the fourth position, now f.1; the leaves are ff. 4, 2, 1, 16-20; none of them now conjunct), 7 8 (ff. 21-28), 8 8 (ff. 29-36), quire 9 missing (probably this

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Parchment 228 152 mm 1 6 , ff. 1r-12v; 2 6 , ff. 13r-24v, catchword; 3 6 , ff. 25r-36v, catchword; 4 6 , ff. 37r-48v, catchword; 5 6 , ff. 49r-60v, catchword; 6 6 + 1 singleton, ff. 61r-71v;

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lines in Items 1, 2 and 4, 55-65 lines in Item 5, 30 lines in Item 6. Double columns and 61 lines in Item 3. Ruled in lead but now no longer visible or very faint. Scribe 1 (ff. 1r-94r;

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and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 150), Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: not mapped, LP 21. Ff. 81r-84r - Scribal Dialect: South Nottinghamshire 'but written by a scribe of Lichfield' (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 150), Linguistic Atlas

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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 12 (wants 1-2, 8-7, 11-12); 3 12 ; 4-12 12 ; 13 12 (only

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Horstmann 1892, p. 1. ff. 112r-114v Assumption of the Virgin (IMEV 2165 ) 'þer to ne letteþ hem haue no myȝt'. 'ffor hit was in þe tumbe yleyde' English Lumby 1866, 1901. Codex Parchment 362 250 mm 1 6 ;

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C.5.7 s. xv in English Latin Scribe 1 - Scribal Dialect: Staffordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 418 327, LP 215 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 4, p. 237). Scribe 2 writes a Latin text. Scribe 3 - Scribal Dialect:

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ms: 'a 8 (wants 1,2); b-g 8 ; h 8 (wants 1, 8); i-m 8 ; n 8 (wants 4-8); o 2 (both gone): 95 ff. (out of 106); 1, 2, 57, 64, 100-6 lost)'. Pricking not visible. Writing space

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Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 4, p. 238). Hand of f. 12v - Shropshire (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin, 1986, vol. 1, p. 149). A fifteenth-century copy of John Mirk's Instructions for Parish Priests copied by John Holyns. ff. 1r-33v John

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of England , edited from MS. Rawl. B 171 , 2 vols, EETS, os, 13 1, London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Tr ü bner, 1. Harris, K. 1983. ‘ The Origins and Make-Up of Cambridge University Library MS. Ff.1.6 ’

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English Scribe 1 (ff. 4r-115v), Scribal Dialect: Herefordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 350 218, LP 7260 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 4, p. 199). Scribe 3 (ff. 150r-183v), Scribal Dialect: Derbyshire (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p.

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Library Additional 36791 s. xv 1 English Scribal Dialect: Warwickshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 437 258, LP 8070 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 245). An early fifteenth-century copy (c. 1425) of the Speculum Sacerdotale : a series of addresses

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155 mm Collation: Rebinding obscures evidence; probably eights throughout. Item 1: Page layout - single columns, 30 lines, drypoint, pricking not visible. Writing space - 185 x 105 mm. Item 1: One or possibly two scribes writing in an Anglicana