• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

, ff. 99r-108v paper (later inclusion); 10 9 (wants first leaf of quire) paper (later inclusion); 11 3 1 bifolia plus 1, ff. 118r-120v; 12 4 , ff. 121r-124v; 13 12 , ff. 125r-136v, catchword; 14 12 , ff. 137r-148v,

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

325 210 mm 1 4 , 2-16 8 , 17 7 , 18 2 , 19-20 12 , 21 8 , 22 12 , 23 10 , 24 12 , rest doubtful. Layout varies eg. Item 1: double columns, no

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

empt. 6 s. xv in English Scribe 1: Scribal dialect: north west Gloucestershire (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 198). Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: not mapped. Scribe 2: Scribal Dialect: 'too short to assess but probably south central Midlands' (McIntosh,

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

edited from MS. Rawl. B 171 , 2 vols, EETS, os, 131, London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Tr ü bner, 1 Brie, F. W. D., ed, 1908. The Brut or The Chronicles of England , edited from MS. Rawl. B

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Latin f. 75r-v Papers and accounts relating to the navigation of the river Wye 1600-1663. Codex Parchment 200 133 mm 1 8 , ff. 1r-8v; 2 8 , ff. 9r-17v; 3 8 , ff. 18r-25v, catchword; 4 8 , ff.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Writing space: 160 x 90 mm. Single columns with 24 lines. Ruling: traces of brown crayon for the frame. Scribe 1 (ff. 1r-32r), writing in black ink in a neat Anglicana Formata hand. Characteristics: ascenders on b and l at

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

College 16A s. xvi 1 English Scribal Dialect: Shropshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 359 275, LP 4239 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 234). A copy of the Prick of Conscience from the first half of the sixteenth century. ff.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

partibus orationis 'Evangelica clamat hystoria sine intermissione orate'. 'cum descendit in nos spiritus adop...'. Latin Codex Parchment 285 195 mm 1 8 (wants 1-5); 2-3 8 ; 4 4 ; 5 8 ; 6 8 ; 7 4 (wants 4);

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

extreme N Hunts' (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 77). F. 164 'Language apparently of N Ely, mixed with some other component(s). Ely' (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 77). A fifteenth-century collection of Wycliffite material.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

parchment flyleaves at the beginning with ii and iii foliated as 1 and 2, iv and v are not foliated and the text starts on f. 3r (previously f. 1). Unknown On f. 1v is written ' Robert Sandis est

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

4 SC 17680 s. xv med English Scribe 1 (ff. 1r-97v, ff. 104r-106r) - Scribal Dialect: Staffordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 413 348, LP 193 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 237). Scribe 2 (ff. 98r-103r) - Scribal Dialect: Staffordshire.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

'. English Codex Parchment 230 130 mm All leaves are now mounted separately but G0rlach (1974, p. 105) suggests: 1 12 (1, 3, 10 lost), 2 12 , 3 12 (5-6 lost after f. 26), 4 12 . Catchword, f.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Ripon Cathedral xiii. A. 35 s. xv 1 English Scribal Dialect: Staffordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: not mapped but McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin state 'language of N Staffs' (1986, p. 239). All that remains of this manuscript is a double

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

saaf'. f. 153r-v 'Actiua uita est panem esurientem'. 'sic ab illo implicatus absorbeatur'. Codex Parchment 265 180 mm 1 8 , (wants 1, 6, 8), added a stub with painting?, 2 10 , 3-4 8 , 5 6 , 6-13

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

on p. 65, a blank leaf. 215 150 mm Unascertainable Pricking: none. Writing space: variable. Columns: single. Lines: variable. Scribe 1, pp. 2-31. Cursive. Scribe 2, p. 33 only. Cursive. Scribe 3 pp. 39-50. Cursive. Scribe 4 pp. 57-71 (except

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

the same as London, British Library, MS Additional 37787, north Worcestershire (404 268). A manuscript in two distinct parts. Part 1 is an early thirteenth-century copy of Sawles Warde and the Katherine Group whilst part 2 is an early fifteenth-century

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

late by gan to sprynge'. 'And ffram on to oþer arewe þe while þe ȝer wole yleste'. G0rlach 1974, no. 1. p. 99 South English Legendary: Circumcision 'ȝeres day þe holy ffeste þat holy ffeste is and goed'. 'þe day

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

MS. 19.2.1 Auchinleck s. xiv med English French Scribe 1: Scribal Dialect: London/Middlesex border. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 532 190, LP 6510. Scribe 2: Scribal Dialect: Gloucestershire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 412 240, LP 6940. Scribe 3 (ff. 85r-99v): Scribal

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

leaves. Single, double, and triple columns with 47-51 lines (Scribe 1); 36-33 lines (Scribe 2); 60 lines (Scribe 3). Columns and margins usually marked (See Ker 1965, p. xvii). Scribe 1 - Textura, ff. 1-49. Scribe 2 - Anglicana, sometimes

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Parchment 310 230 mm 1-27 8 with catchwords. Quire 12 wants 7 (stub remains, initial letters visible). Quire 14 wants 1 (stub remains, initial letters visible). Pricking of small rounded holes in the header (10 mm from the edge), footer