• Oxford, Christ Church MS 152 / Canterbury Tales

in red ink at the top of the first folio. Flourished Initials: 1-5-line plain red lombard initials with no flourishing. Blue initials in Tale of Gamelyn. Other Names (not owners): Johannis Peyto Verney / Baso? Willoughby de Broke A.D. 1769

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Barlow 20 / Canterbury Tales

the description of the Manciple in the General Prologue. Illuminated Initials: Beginning of most tales have initials of gold on blue or pink ground with green, and white highlights. Smaller gold initials provide other textual markers. Paragraph Marks: None and

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 414 / Canterbury Tales

215 x 115 Marginal Headings: Headings for most tales rubricated and names of pilgrims in red. Paragraph Marks: Red and blue paraphs for stanzas and other textual markers in prose tales; line initials highlighted in red; some underlining of names

• Oxford, Bodleian Library, Arch Selden supra 53 (SC 3441) / Selden Scribe

'The'; the 'h' graph here may have been intended to represent an upper case graph. It follows from the red-flourished, blue lombard initial which begins the stanza. The two distinct points on the stem differentiate it from other 'h's on

• London, British Library, MS Arundel 59 / Regiment of Princes, Secretum Secretorum

or wash on all initials, ie first letter each line and first of glosses. Booklet 2 (90-130), 2-3 line plain blue initials, red penwork around in concentric squares the outer one being crenelated. Other Names (not owners): The arms of

• England, Durham, Durham University Library MS Cosin V.III.9 / Hoccleve's Series or sequence

Illuminated Initials: 3-line illuminated gold initials (on ff49r, 50r) on parti-coloured blue and rose ground with white highlights. 2-line initials on ff76v, 77r. Paragraph Marks: Alternating illuminated gold and blue paraphs. Other Names (not owners): [from catalogue] 'Ann (??) Rechard',

• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Ff.5.35 / Piers Plowman, C version

page (eg f65v), often looking very similar to leaf patterns of decorated initials. Flourished Initials: At start of texts, 4-line blue lombard initials with red flourishing, foliage inside letter and flourishing following shape of letter, not a box, tendrils with

• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Ee.2.15, part 2 / Man of Law

of fragments Incipits and Explicits: No evidence remains Title by Scribe: Damaged so impossible to know. Borders: Red, brown, green, blue in colour wash and ink; no gold; dragons or lizards with fish in the border which remains; possible initials

• London, British Library MS Harley 372 / Anelida and Arcite, Regiment of Princes

17-18th c. writing, 'The author of this Treatise w[ ] Thomas Hoccliue Scholler to Geffrey Chaucer'. Paragraph Marks: Red and blue paraphs on ff1-44 and f51-52. Flourished Initials: Space left for initial 'T' to open the text with small guide

• Cambridge, University Library, Additional 4325 / Unknown

red 'B' shape at the end of this Latin gloss underlined in red. Usage: Arrows in red ink to point to the single word 'Passus' which then serves for both Explicit and Incipit. Usage: Blue Lombard initial with red flourishing.

• London, Lambeth Palace Library MS 491, Part 1 / HM 114 Scribe

f225, for the Seige of Jerusalem. Usage: 'And'; upper case 'A' with a touch of the colour used for the blue lombard initial which begins the section. d Usage: 'and'; looped 'd' is used throughout. Usage: 'deyde'; a triangular loop

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

used as decoration. The pink and blue colours in the background to the letter seem to be different in shade from those at the beginning of the manuscript. Usage: On f155r, the pink and blue colours are the same shade

• London, British Library MS Additional 27944 / Hand B

'so'; sigma 's' used in initial and final position. Long 's' is also used both initially and medially. Usage: 'Somtyme'; blue paraph precedes. w Usage: 'winde'; the scribe has many different forms of 'w'. He seems to enjoy experimenting with

• London, British Library, MS Arundel 38 / Unknown

case 'H' it is just possible to see the loop to the left of the stem beneath the red and blue used for the paraphs and the tail-stroke of 'h' from the line above which cuts through the top of

• Cambridge, St. John's College MS L. 1 / Unknown

the double red line which borders the stanza on the left side. Stanzas are thus marked alternately in red and blue ink. s Usage: 'Troilus'; kidney 's' almost always used in final position. Usage: 's(er)uant(yogh)'; sigma 's' is used in

• London, British Library MS Royal 17 D.XVIII / Hoccleve

well into the left margin. A single purple line divides stanzas. Usage: The elaborate pen-work initial 'N' with infill of blue and red ink and purple ink used for the flourishing. Usage: Catchwords copied in lower margin below the middle

• Scotland, University of Glasgow, Hunter MS 409 (V.3.7) / Unknown

time to provide the shadow lines for his upper case 'W'. Usage: 'FAlssemblant'; gold two-line initial on part-coloured ground of blue and pink. Sprays attached to the initial rise and descend alongside the text. Decorative Features Usage: 'The'; 4-line pink

• Wales, Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales MS Peniarth 393D / Adam Pinkhurst

return stroke to the shaft forming a triangle shape may also be seen in version 3 of 'A'. Usage: 'But'; blue lombard initials with red flourishing define the section divisions of the text. Usage: Decorated ascenders on the top line