• Europe, Cologny, Switzerland, Fondation Martin Bodmer MS 48 / Canterbury Tales

and phrases in red ink. Some upper case letters tipped with red. Flourished Initials: One at the very beginning, 4-line blue initial. Thereafter, 2-3 line initial capitals (or spaces left for them), mark the beginnings of prologues and tales. Other

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 10 / Hoccleve, Regiment of Princes

wrote this booke'; bottom f65v, 'Explicit hoccleue' by the scribe and centred below text. Flourished Initials: On f1 a 5-line blue lombard initial with red flourishing; no other coloured ink in MS. Other Names (not owners): From SC, vol. 3,

• England, London, British Library MS Cotton Tiberius D. VII Volume 1 / Polychronicon

there. Flourished Initials: On f1, 8-line blue initial with red penwork forming square around it. Other Names (not owners): Several hands of 15th-16th centuries have annotated in margins. Flourished Initials: On f1, 8-line blue initial with red penwork forming square

• Wales, Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 733B / Piers Plowman, AC hybrid

in red ink. Some corrections are visible in the margins. Flourished Initials: 3-line blue ink initials with red pen-flourishing to begin each Passus. Flourished Initials: 3-line blue ink initials with red pen-flourishing to begin each Passus. Further Information: From the

• England, London, British Library MS Cotton Tiberius D. VII Volume 2 / Trevisa's translation of Hignden's Polychronicon

recto (see partly cropped at top of f178, ?lxxviii). Flourished Initials: Alternating red and blue 2-line initials without any embellishment. Flourished Initials: Alternating red and blue 2-line initials without any embellishment. Further Information: Cotton catalogue, 1.39; Ronald Waldron, John Trevisa's

• London, British Library MS Royal 17 D.XV part 1 / Canterbury Tales

running titles are for 'The Prolog' (ff1-12), a rare occurrence in Canterbury Tales manuscripts.. Paragraph Marks: Red paraphs. Flourished Initials: Blue initials with red flourishing to begin tales. Smaller red initials for some textual divisions. Other Names (not owners): On

• London, British Library MS Royal 18 C.II / Canterbury Tales

(opening of text) 4-line initial on parti-coloured blue and purple-red ground with white highlights; short sprays from corners with green leaves, gold buds; smaller 2-line versions of same begin other tales. Paragraph Marks: Blue paraphs define stanzas in Monk's Tale.

• Tokyo, Senshu University Library, MS 1 / Polychronicon

style of writing). Running Titles: Rubric running titles preceded by alternating blue (with red flourishing) and gold (with blue flourishing) paraphs'in some quires purple flourishing substituted for the blue. Running titles begin at beginning of quire I (letter I), ie

• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Hh.4.11 / De Regimine Principum

has a ten-line initial in red and blue with some attempt at incised, on yellow ground with figure of a seated man inside the initial, almost full border around in green, orange, pink blue and yellow, above initial and signature

• Scotland, National Library of Scotland, Advocates' MS 19.1.11 / Regiment of Princes

hand in red ink 'De regimine principum vocat the kyngys draught' Paragraph Marks: Alternating red and blue paraphs to mark stanzas. Flourished Initials: Blue 3-line initial to begin with red pen flourishing; same on f81v but initial has been cut

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Laud misc. 735 (SC 1504) / De Regimine Scribe

Usage: The paraphs in either blue or red mark the beginning of each stanza and are attached to horizontal red lines which also divide the stanzas. Usage: The penwork flourished initial 'G'. Usage: The blue wavy line which acts as

• Scotland, Glasgow, Glasgow University Library MS Hunter 197 (U.1.1) / Canterbury Tales

scribe to indicate where a finished paraph is to be placed. The 'cc' are in red ink. Flourished Initials: 2 blue capitals with red penwork flourishing occur at the opening of the Knight's Tale; thereafter 2-3 line red ink capitals

• USA, San Marino, CA, Henry E. Huntington Library MS El 26 C.9 / Canterbury Tales

three-sided borders only; gold, rose, blue, burnt orange, green Illuminated Initials: 225 large capitals from 2-6-lines in height with colours used as in border colours. Miniatures: 23 miniatures of Pilgrims, all on horseback Paragraph Marks: Blue paraphs with red flourishing

• USA, San Marino, CA, Henry E. Huntington Library MS HM 744 / Works of Hoccleve

more decorative form of the script, by Hoccleve. Flourished Initials: On f1 a 3-line red initial. Articles 2-6 have 2-line blue Lombard initials with red flourishing. Dutschke notes that this was 'probably done by the same person who decorated arts.

• USA, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections MS Taylor 6 / Polychronicon

red touching on any upper case letters and at initial of running titles. Flourished Initials: Lesser breaks marked by 3-line blue initials with red penwork flourishing. Other Names (not owners): Parchment flyleaf at front, verso, has a round circle patching

• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Dd.8.19 / Confessio Amantis

lines especially toward back, larger black initials at start of each column, decorated by scribe; see f122. No red and blue initials, though 2-line spaces left for them. Other Names (not owners): Luard: 'Mr Asshe [fol. ii-recto], Thomas Carsson [LRM

• England, Manchester, Chetham's Library MS 6696 (Mun. A.7.48) / Confessio Amantis

filled. Flourished Initials: 2-3-line bold black initials for portions of text, drawn by scribe in same ink, throughout volume (with blue shadowing or in-fill ff1-11 only); some black-ink decoration around these initials and decoration inside the initials. Other Names (not

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

text). Flourished Initials: No red or blue, faint yellow wash on initials each line throughout volume and initials of other important words, and on most letters of Latin lines. Flourished Initials: No red or blue, faint yellow wash on initials

• London, British Library, Additional 34779 / Piers Plowman, C version

Explicit. Marginal Headings: Clear and unfaded red headings often enclosed in rubric boxes, red Latin lacunae. Flourished Initials: Very faint blue lombard initials, mostly ?washed or faded away, in 2- and 3-line spaces left for them; no sign of penwork

• USA, Chicago, IL, Newberry Library MS f.33.5 / Confessio Amantis

more at beginning, but initials for each book and for lesser breaks within books are all alternating 2-line red and blue initials, plain without flourishing. Other Names (not owners): On f110r pentrials including, 'Item of Thomas Fleyn' [Saenger has 'Flynn';