• London, British Library MS Harley 2251 / English Poetry Anthology

Paragraph Marks: Red before first line of each stanza and each gloss; red underlining for some glosses. Flourished Initials: 2-5-line blue lombard capitals with red pen-work Other Names (not owners): Shirley: some of the contents clearly copied from Shirley manuscripts;

• London, British Library MS Harley 2280 / Troilus and Criseyde

perhaps as in Harley 7334? Feathered black ink work with gold balls and squiggles decorated with green. The I on f14v is quartered red and blue-green. Paragraph Marks: Alternating blue and red paraphs mark stanzas. Further Information: Seymour I. 61-62

• London, British Library MS Harley 3943 / Troilus and Criseyde

/ Venerit explicit ergo valete'. Flourished Initials: 3-line plain red lombard initial at beginning of each book; alternating red and blue 1-line lombard initials for each stanza; tops of lines are extended and decorated with loops or strapwork; descenders from

• London, British Library MS Sloane 1686 / Canterbury Tales

rubricator. Some tales have odd titles such as 'Theseus' for Knight's Tale, and '[D]origen' for the Franklin's Tale. Flourished Initials: Blue with red flourishing much faded. Upper case letters at the beginning of lines and catchwords are tipped with red.

• England, Lichfield, Lichfield Cathedral Library MS 29 / Canterbury Tales

illuminated initial and three-quarter border, blue, gold, pinky-red, orange, green with white highlighting Illuminated Initials: 4-8-line initials begin tales, gold ground with pink, blue, green, white highlights, orange; smaller two-line initials of gold on blue and rose grounds with white

• Cambridge, Trinity College MS B.15.17 (353) / Piers Plowman, B version

in rose, pink and white geometric designs on gold ground; blue, pink, gold and white foliage extending to three-quarter border Paragraph Marks: Alternating red and blue paraphs Flourished Initials: 3-line blue lombard initials, red flourishing Other Names (not owners): Parchment

• Alnwick, Northumberland, Alnwick Castle, Collection of the Duke of Northumberland MS 455 / Canterbury Tales

Marks: No space between stanzas; red and blue alternating paraphs mark beginning of stanzas and also precede marginal glosses of authorities in Melibeus. Gloss may be red or black. Flourished Initials: 2-4-line blue lombard initials with red pen-work. Other Names

• London, British Library, MS Sloane 3501 / Master of Game

f3 with gold, blue, and dark pink/purple for the bars decorated with small sprays into the margins with green and gold decoration. Illuminated Initials: 3 and 4-line gold champe initials on pink ground with blue infill or blue ground with

• Cambridge, Trinity College MS O.3.11 (1183) / D'Oresme on changing money, London Charters

red lombard initials with blue penwork around letter. Table of Contents: By the scribe on ff i to vii (1-6 including 5a) keyed to roman foliation by scribe. Flourished Initials: 2-3-line red lombard initials with blue penwork around letter. Further

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

not filled in until much later; thereafter spaces left for 2-line initials often not filled in, though see 4-line plain blue lombard on f30. Rubric headings throughout. Running Titles: Looks as if there were rubric running titles, now illegible due

• Cambridge, St John's College I.22 (223) / Regiment of Princes

f1r only, next three stanzas preceded by one-line red paraph marks with blue pen flourishing. Flourished Initials: On f1r only, 2-line 'M' at beginning in red with blue penwork flourishing, postage stamp pattern with plain tendrils extending from 3 corners.

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

average 90 mm. Marginal Headings: The headings are squeezed into the single line left between stanzas, beginning with a one-line blue initial, plain, with the rest in rubric, possibly by the scribe but in attempt at textura rather than anglicana

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

f7v and 'Primus' on f8r but stops after that). Paragraph Marks: Later quires have alternating blue and red paraphs. Flourished Initials: On f1, 5-line blue initial with red flourishing; other books begin with similar letters; smaller 2-3-line red initials with

• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, Additional 4325 / Piers Plowman, C version

later?) Paragraph Marks: Small blue paraphs before explicits, red underlining for Latin and for proper names, odd red 'B' shape at ends of Latin passages, red highlighting initials of explicits and incipits. Flourished Initials: 3-line blue lombard initials with red

• Cambridge, University Library MS Dd. 3.53 Part 1 / Formulary

Scribe: Begins 'Edwardus' on f5. Illuminated Initials: Illuminated initials from f5-14v. Paragraph Marks: Red and blue paraphs. Flourished Initials: Plain lombard initials in red or blue after f14v. Other Names (not owners): 'Sum Mulcasteri' back first parchment leaf (f1v) above

• Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. poet D.4 (SC 30126) / Tales of Jereslaus and of Jonathas

‘Explicit’ on f18r Illuminated Initials: SC says a few ‘illuminated’ initials but only red and blue decorated Flourished Initials: f4 (first of original MS), 3-line blue lombard initial with red penwork, postage stamp with an extra mound to left of

• England, Durham, Durham University Library MS Cosin V.II.13 / Troilus and Criseyde, Letter of Cupide

Amatoribus' at the end of Letter of Cupid. Illuminated Initials: At the beginning of Proems and Books. Paragraph Marks: Alternate blue and red paraphs mark beginnings of stanzas up to f97v, thereafter in red only. Other Names (not owners): On

• England, Salisbury, Salisbury Cathedral Library MS 113 / Boece

and Explicits: Ends with 'Explicit liber quintus et vltimus etcetera' (f67v). Marginal Headings: Initial letters beginning new sections alternate in blue and red; the rest in the same ink and script as the main text. Table of Contents: A tabula

• London, Lambeth Palace Library MS 256 / Fall of Princes

lines. Ruling within columns in purple ink. Writing Space: 317 x 82 Borders: Sprays form border-like decoration Illuminated Initials: 7-line blue and rose on gold ground. Flourished Initials: 3-line gold with purple penwork decoration. Other Names (not owners): On f180rb

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

with motto 'My trvst ys other'. Paragraph Marks: Glosses in margins preceded by blue paraphs with red penwork. Flourished Initials: First initials of each stanza alternate blue with red penwork or gold with purple penwork. Other Names (not owners): Coats