• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Kk.1.3, pt.11 (XI) / Regiment of Princes

Manuscript Description Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Kk.1.3, pt.11 (XI) Title: Regiment of Princes Author: Hoccleve Contents: Regiment of Princes Language: English Date Range: 1450-1475 Scribal Hands: Unknown Material: Paper No of Folios: Bound into the volume between

• London, British Library MS Harley 116 / Regiment of Princes

Manuscript Description London, British Library MS Harley 116 Title: Regiment of Princes Author: Hoccleve Contents: Regiment of Princes, Burgh's trans of Cato, Lydgate Danse Macabre, Churl and Bird, Dietary, other shorter verse works by Lydgate and others Language:

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Arch. Selden B.11 / Confessio Amantis

centre of first quire but with a paper bifolium between) but thereafter only paper. No of Folios: 1 paper flyleaf + 1-169 + 1 paper flyleaf Pagination: Modern ink arabic numbering in upper outer corners recto, 1-169. Quiring: First quire

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 693 / Confessio Amantis

fine' (f196). Summ Cat says: 'On fol. 1 the arms of Charles Brandon duke of Suffolk, K.G. (d. 1545), quartering those of Bruyn or Brown and Rokeley (? his crest is on fol. 1, 86v) have been inserted, within a

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

English Date Range: 1400-1450 Scribal Hands: Unknown Material: Parchment No of Folios: 3 newer paper + 1 original parchment flyleaf + 1-99 (of which 1 is blank as if original flyleaf) + 2 original parchment flyleaves + 3 newer paper

• England, London, British Library MS Harley 4789 / De Proprietatibus Rerum

English Scribal Hands: Unknown Dialect: S.E. Cambs Material: Parchment No of Folios: 4 heavy paper flyleaves matching pastedown + older 1 paper flyleaf with shelf mark at top recto + 1-286 + 4 heavy paper flyleaves match pastedown Pagination: Modern

• London, British Library, Harley MS 6041 / Piers Plowman

Manuscript Description London, British Library, Harley MS 6041 Title: Piers Plowman Author: Langland Contents: Piers Plowman, AC splice/hybrid Language: English and Latin Scribal Hands: Unknown Material: Paper No of Folios: 2 new paper flyleaves + text block folios

• USA, San Marino, CA, Henry E. Huntington Library MS El 26 A.13 / Regiment of Princes, works of Lydgate

of Shirley on flyleaves. Language: English Date Range: 1440-1465 Scribal Hands: Hand 1 Hand 2 John Shirley Material: Parchment No of Folios: 1 marbled matches pastedown + 1 paper contemporary with this (fol.i) + 4 heavy parchment leaves )ff. ii

• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library Dd.3.13 / Piers Plowman, C version

heavy paper, at end of volume, numbered 'viii'; a8 (wants 1, 2) b-g8 h8 (wants 1, 8), i-m8 n8 (wants 4-8) o2 (both gone) 95 ff (out of 106; 1, 2, 57, 64, 100-6 lost). Signatures: Signatures may have been

• London, British Library, Additional 35287 / Piers Plowman

Library of the Earl of Ashburnham, Appendix No. CXXIX, May 1897'; first flyleaf recto handwritten, 'Purch at Sothebys (lot 77), 1 May 1899'. Flourished Initials: 10-line red initial 'I' at beginning on f1, then each passus begins with 3-4 line

• London, British Library, Cotton Caligula A.XI / Piers Plowman, ABC hybrid

London/N Gloucs Material: Parchment No of Folios: 2 paper flyleaves, one with BL list of publications attached to it + 1 parchment flyleaf with 17-18th c. list of contents on recto + text blocks 1-168 + 169 single parchment leaf

• USA, New Haven, CT, Beinecke Library MS 493 (olim Phillipps 8267, olim Bodmer) / Hoccleve's Series

parchment inner and outer bifolia for each quire. No of Folios: 1 newer parchment + 1 contemporary parchment + text block 134 folios mixed paper and parchment + 1 newer parchment Pagination: Modern, usual place ff1-134. Quiring: 14s Signatures: Signatures

• Oxford, University College MS 45 / Piers Plowman, A version

Author: Langland Contents: Piers Plowman A Version Language: English and Latin Scribal Hands: Hand 1 Hand 2 Dialect: LP : 698; Grid : 549 271; County : Cambs Material: Combination No of Folios: 91 Pagination: Modern pencil in upper right

• Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 35 / Confessio Amantis

Manuscript Description Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 35 MS Appellation: SC 6916 Title: Confessio Amantis Author: Gower Contents: Confessio Amantis (A version) Language: English and Latin Date Range: 1400-1425 Scribal Hands: Unknown Dialect: County; Herefords Material: Paper No of

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Fairfax 3 / Confessio Amantis

B Hand A Hand C Dialect: County; Gowerian Material: Parchment No of Folios: 1 flyleaf marbled matches pastedown + 1 heavy paper flyleaf same date + 1 fine pale blank parchment flyleaf with wormholes + text block ff2-194v Confessio +

• USA, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections MS Garrett 137 / Regiment of Princes

B Hand C Hand D Material: Paper No of Folios: 1 paper flyleaf + 1-83 + 2 paper flyleaves Pagination: Two sets of modern foliation, first in ink begin '1' on now f3 at beginning of Regiment; not crossed through;

• San Marino, CA, Henry E. Huntington Library, HM 128 (olim Phillipps 20420) / Pricke of Conscience, Piers Plowman B-text, Siege of Jerusalem

of the fifteenth century' (1.163). LP : 8040; County : S Warwicks Material: Parchment No of Folios: 1 (contemporary parchment) + 219 + 1 (contemporary parchment) Pagination: Modern pencil foliation in upper outer corners recto, 1-219. Quiring: 8s Signatures: No

• USA, Philadelphia, Rosenbach Foundation MS 1084/1 (Phillipps 8137, Ph3) / Hand 2

Usage: 'Som'; upper case 'S'. Usage: 'seme'; long 's' used in initial and medial positions. w Usage: 'wolde'; both version 1 and version 2 are used as upper case letters as well as lower case ones. Usage: 'world'; 'w' with

• USA, California, San Marino, Henry E. Huntington Library MS HM 140 / Hand 2

'r' as was seen in Hand 1. s Usage: 'certes'; a horned graph for kidney 's'. Usage: 'Sith'; the upper case graph. w Usage: 'with'; a slightly simpler version of 'w' than Hand 1. A long approach stroke to the

• Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 61 / Troilus and Criseyde

and Salter, Elizabeth, intro. Troilus and Criseyde: A Facsimile of Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS 61, Cambridge: Brewer, 1978. Seymour, M. C. A Catalogue of Chaucer Manuscripts, vol. 1, Works Before 'The Canterbury Tales'pp. 59-60. Aldershot, Hants: Scolar Press, 1995.