• London, British Library MS Harley 2392 / Troilus and Criseyde

of text in both margins. Borders: In red and blue ink; a 4-sided border on the first folio attached to a simple flourished initial letter 3 lines in height; Flourished Initials: Blue initial flourished with red pen-work begin Proem and

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

of gold, blue, pink, red. Illuminated Initials: The first illuminated initial which originally opened the Latin text and was eleven lines in depth, has been excised; for the first initial of each subsequent book in Latin, pink and blue champ

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Douce 158 / Regiment of Princes

Initials: On f1 is a 7-line blue and rose parti-coloured initial with white highlighting on illuminated ground that follows shape of letter.Rose, blue, green and gold with white highlighting. On f36 a smaller blue and rose initial with same illumination

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

often extend the length of the stanza or gloss. Flourished Initials: A 14-line initial in red and blue penwork; 3-line red and blue initials act as subheadings; decorative tendrils in purple ink. Other Names (not owners): On folio i recto

• Scotland, Aberdeen University Library, MS 21 / Polychronicon

pink or blue with decoration in orange and white on gold ground introduce books; 3-line gold initials on background of pink, blue or parti-coloured begin chapters. Miniatures: On f56v the drawing of two Noah's Arks Paragraph Marks: Blue with red

• USA, New York, NY, Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum MS M 875 / De Proprietatibus Rerum

initial on gold ground with leaves inside of red, green, blue; 3-line gold illuminated initials on blue and red grounds with white highlighting. Paragraph Marks: Each sentence preceded by alternating blue or red paraphs with red or brown-gold flourishing. Other

• London, British Library MS Additional 22139 / Confessio Amantis

in same pinkish rubric, all by main scribe. Borders: Bar borders of blue, gold and rose, sprays in upper and lower margins; other divisions gold letters on blue and rose grounds with sprays into margins up and down, trefoils and

• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library Dd.1.17 / Piers Plowman, B version

red and blue paraphs several per column, red underlining of Latin and of explicits and incipits, fine red boxes around marginal notes and running titles. Flourished Initials: 3-line blue lombard initials with red penwork flourishing. Flourished Initials: 3-line blue lombard

• London, British Library, Additional 10574 / Piers Plowman, B version

each line, red underlining of proper names. Flourished Initials: On f1, 12-line initial 'I' in blue with red pen flourishing. Other breaks marked by 4-line blue lombard initials with same sort of red pen flourishing: the red ink in flourishing

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

Plougheman' and same hand writes top margin f170 'Pierce Ploughman'. Flourished Initials: (Piers booklet) f170 10-line blue initial 'I' with red flourishing; thereafter 2-line blue initials with red flourishing forming foliage pattern within and postage stamp around, extenders and tendrils

• London, British Library MS Additional 5140 / Canterbury Tales

of rectos defined by blue and red alternating sleighs. Borders: Rose, white, gold, blue, yellow, red. Illuminated Initials: On first folio only. Paragraph Marks: Alternating red and blue sleighs define glosses in f1-f229. Flourished Initials: Blue with red pen-work. Other

• London, British Library MS Cotton Vespasian B.XXII / Admiralty Ordinances

blue with extensive white highlighting. Many further 3-line blue or pink initials with white highlighting and foliage solid inside in the alternating pink or blue with white highlighting, on gold grounds. Flourished Initials: Alternating gold with purple penwork and

• Scotland, Glasgow, Glasgow University Library MS Hunter 367 (V.1.4) / Polychronicon

on f56. 4-line gold initials on blue and rose grounds with white highlighting. Small illuminated initials for each new letter of the index. Paragraph Marks: Blue and gold in first quire, thereafter red and blue alternating with occasional gold. Other

• USA, New York, NY, Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum MS M 126 / Confessio Amantis

Rubric headings by scribe, with one-line blue initials. Borders: On f1r a full border with red roses of Lancaster; gold initials on blue and red gounds with white highlighting, sprays of green, pink, red, blue, and gold foliage and flowers

• London, British Library MS Harley 6291 / Vox Clamantis, Chronica Tripertita

of sprays (f23). Flourished Initials: Sub-headings blue lombard initials with red penwork of higher quality than illuminated initials, forming postage stamp around letter with foliage pattern inside. Each stanza begins one-line red or blue initial, red wash on first initials

• Cambridge, St Catharine's College MS K.1.26 (7) / Confessio Amantis

8 on f171v. Illuminated Initials: On f1 4-line blue initial with white incised pattern on illuminated gold ground, rose leaves inside with white patterns. Elsewhere, 2- and 3-line gold initials on blue and rose grounds with white patterning, sprays of

• London, College of Arms MS Arundel XLV (45) / Confessio Amantis

no explicit or colophon. Flourished Initials: On f1ra, 7-line blue initial with red penwork flourishing forming foliage pattern inside letter; similar 3-line blue initial on f25v with slightly simpler flourishing; a blue letter of this sort, 3-5 lines high, for

• England, Manchester, John Rylands Library MS Eng. 113 / Canterbury Tales

folio in upper margin. Paragraph Marks: On f6r only; alternating red and blue rhyme markers on right edge of column Flourished Initials: One only on f6; 4-line blue lombard initial with pale red pen-work. Other Names (not owners): On f4v

• Tokyo, Takamiya Collection MS 24 / Canterbury Tales

of text Running Titles: In large elongated gothic initials with alternating blue with red penwork and gold with purple. Borders: 4-sided band border on f1 in gold, pink, blue, rose, green. Similar but not so luxurious borders to begin tales.

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 221 / Hoccleve, Series, Lydgate, Dance of Death, Hoccleve, Regiment of Princes

Paragraph Marks: Alternating red and blue paraphs mark each stanza with no space left between. Red line between stanzas also, as well as red rhyme markers to right of lines of verse. Flourished Initials: 4-6-line blue lombard initials with red