• London, British Library, Lansdowne MS 398 / Vita Sancti Thomae Cantuar (also contains 4 leaves of Piers Plowman, B version, originally same MS as Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson poet. 38

text but with red box around. Paragraph Marks: Alternating red and blue paraphs, initials for each line are touched with red. Flourished Initials: On f78v, passus begins with 2-line blue initial with red flourishing, following shape of letter; 2 lines

• Liverpool, Liverpool Public Library MS f909 HIG / Polychronicon

'At major sections, six- to twelve-line illuminated initials in blue, magenta, green and gold, extended to broad floreate border in one to three margins'. Flourished Initials: 'For chapters, three-line initials in blue with red penwork flourishing. Folio 52vb: double Noah's

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS e. Musaeo 16 / De Proprietatibus Rerum

with full bar borders in blue, rose, orange, green and gold. Illuminated Initials: New books begin with 7-line blue and rose initials with highlighting, foliage patterns on gold ground; 2-4-line gold initials on parti-coloured blue and rose grounds with white

• USA, San Marino, CA, Henry E. Huntington Library MS EL 26 A.17 / Confessio Amantis

bar border in gold, blue and red around the page on f1; coats of arms and badges; each book opens with elaborate 6-line illuminated initial and a bar border; frequent 3-line gold initials on boxed quartered blue and red ground

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Laud misc. 416 / English Poetry and Prose

text block thus acting as a partial border. Red flourishing to decorate. Paragraph Marks: Blue and red with no flourishing in Cursor Mundi. Flourished Initials: Blue initials with red flourishing in Cursor Mundi. Space left for initials in Siege of

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Tanner 346 / Anthology of Poems

example 'Chaucer's Dream' on f102. Borders: Gold, blue pink, turquoise, purple and green, three-sided border on first folio. Illuminated Initials: 4-line initial on gold ground with colours as in the border. Flourished Initials: Blue with red flourishing at the beginning

• London, British Library MS Egerton 2726 / Canterbury Tales

i older paper flyleaf + vi paper flyleaves + i marbled flyleaf Pagination: At least two modern foliations, one in blue pencil now cancelled in upper outer corners recto and newer one in grey pencil just beneath; an even earlier

• Cambridge, St. John's College MS L.1 (235) / Troilus and Criseyde

Troili et Criseidis'. Marginal Headings: Latin glosses Paragraph Marks: Blue and red extended paraphs to mark stanza divisions similar to lay-out of MS. Additional 12044 (first hand). Flourished Initials: 4-line blue initials with red flourishing mark prohem and book divisions.

• Cambridge, Trinity College MS R. 3. 3 (532) / Canterbury Tales

first folio with blue, pink-red, green foliage; sprays in green and gold; sprays along top and bottom, green, gold, pink-red, blue and green. Illuminated Initials: 4-line initial to General Prologue in pink-red, white highlights, gold ground, blue, green Paragraph Marks:

• London, British Library MS Harley 7333 / 'A library of secular literature' (Manly and Rickert), including the Canterbury Tales. There are 7 books now joined to form a single manuscript.

and Miller only. Paragraph Marks: Red and blue paraphs mark stanzas in Man of Law's Tale. Flourished Initials: As many different varieties of pen initials and paraphs as there are booklets. Small blue and red capitals in the prose of

• Lincoln, Lincoln Cathedral Library MS A.4.18 (110) / Canterbury Tales

hand of the main scribe. Illuminated Initials: Gold capitals with blue penwork and blue capitals with red penwork of 2-6 lines in height begin prologues and tales. Flourished Initials: Blue capitals with red penwork flourishing. Other Names (not owners): Little

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Douce 291 / Vegetius (English Translation by Walton)

Illuminated Initials: Illuminated letters of blue, pink and red on gold ground. The letters often spawn the border decoration. Gold letters on ground of pink or blue define the chapter numbers. Paragraph Marks: Red and blue alternating and unflourished. Table

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Digby 185 /

14 lines high, almost all incorporating coats of arms, all involving the Swillington coat of arms (of Yorkshire). Flourished Initials: Blue lombard initials with red penwork, often quite elaborate extenders, sometimes with figures at ends of tendrils, a sunflower, a

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 168 / Regiment of Princes

between stanzas. Initials every line touched with red. Flourished Initials: On f1, 4-line blue lombard initial with red pen-work flourishing. At other breaks in text, 2-line blue initials with same red flourishing. Other Names (not owners): Note in right margin

• USA, New Haven, CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library MS 493 / Hoccleve's Series followed by Regement of Princes

bottom line each page, criss-crossing and hatched; red rhyme markers. Paragraph Marks: Alternating red and blue paraphs at beginning of each stanza. Flourished Initials: 4-line blue lombard initials, red penwork foliage pattern inside letter and elaborate red flourishing and penwork

• London, British Library MS Harley 4866 / Regiment of Princes

and bottom margins, the bar borders in blue and rose with white highlighting, and sprays both into left margin and along top and bottom. Illuminated Initials: Every 4-5 folios are 2-3 line blue and rose initials, incised, with white highlighting,

• England, London, British Library MS Harley 614 / De Proprietatibus Rerum

stream. Illuminated Initials: 5-line gold initials on blue and rose grounds with white highlights, smaller sprays of opposing green-washed squiggles and gold balls. Paragraph Marks: Red paraphs and red underlining. Flourished Initials: 2-line blue lombard initials with red penwork in

• Scotland, Glasgow, Glasgow University Library MS Hunter 409 (V.3.7) / Romaunt of the Rose

border of blue and gold tied in to a 4-line illuminated initial; blue, pink, dark green; sprays into top and bottom margins. Illuminated Initials: No illuminated letters in the first quire; thereafter 2-line illuminated initials gold letter on blue and

• Scotland, Glasgow, Glasgow University Library MS Hunter 84 (T.4.1) / Destruction of Troy

initial on parti-coloured blue and pink ground on f2v, small spray attached; small illuminated letters begin prologues or books for Troy; similar gold initials for the different items listed in Contents. Paragraph Marks: Alternating red and blue in some texts

• England, London, British Library MS Stowe 65 / Higden's Polychronicon

on all sides and between columns, with gold grounds and intertwined vines of blue, rose and red leaves with white highlighting, sprays of opposing large red or blue leaves shaded and with white highlighting or plain black hairs opposed, dragons