• Masoretic lists in architectural frame: arched arcades decorated with fretwork, foliate and scroll motif., Bible with ~masorah~

fretwork, foliate and scroll motif. There is confusion in the collation due to a later re-binding: ff. 2-3 (maybe f. 1 as well) were initially at the end of the codex as the earlier pencil foliation and quire numbering with

• Coloured Chi-ro symbol for Christ., Cartulary of Waltham Abbey, imperfect

century. It is one of the earliest surviving English maps.Wanting a few leaves ~passim~.For details on the scribes and the collation see Ransford 1989. Diagram of waterworks for the abbey (f. 6). Chi-ro symbol for Christ in red (f. 33).

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

ff. 205v Form of absolution and an account 'Jacobus Caryngton' and others, partly dated 1489. Codex Paper 218 145 mm Collation unascertainable, the manuscript is too tightly bound. Catchwords ff. 32v, 40v, 120v, 125v. Single columns without ruling. Frame occasionally

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

250 180 mm Originally 27 quires of eights, 21 remaining. Catchwords are regular after their first appearance on f. 103. Collation: 1-3 8 , 4 8 (wants 2 after f. 25), 5-15 8 , 16 8 (wants 1-4 after f.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

15 12 ; 16 8 ; 17 8 ; 18 12 . Although each leaf is now mounted separately this collation has been suggested by Nevanlinna and Taavitsainen 1993, p. 53 (See also Ker and Piper 1992, p. 352). Writing

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

pendant, resembles Briquet's no. 1865 and is found on ff. 93-196, 221-8, 237-76, 301-24, 340-48, 397-436, 453-84. 287 205 mm Collation as it survives today: 1-2 8 , 3 8 (wants 8 after f. 31), 4 8 (wants 1 before

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

the folio appears to be an additional parchment leaf stuck on to a stub. Latin Codex Parchment 220 155 mm Collation: Rebinding obscures evidence; probably eights throughout. Item 1: Page layout - single columns, 30 lines, drypoint, pricking not visible.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

as all folios now remounted separately. Catchword on f. 181v, boxed in red, also on f. 192v; more on the collation is available in Waldron 2004. Pricking not visible. Writing space of 270 x 195 mm. Single col umns with

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

bewte She passi all maydens of þat contre'. Fragment Edited by Horstmann 1883, p. 120. Codex Paper 275 210 mm Collation not possible. Catchwords: ff. 16v; 32v; 48v; 64v; 80v; 96v; 112v; 128v; 144v; 160v. Pricking: none. Ff. 1r-174v: double

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ȝe be'. 'Cuius anime propicietur deus'. English Codex Parchment 270 195 mm Uncertain. Possibly originally ten quires of six . Collation: Quire 1(lost); 2(lost; 3( lost); 4 6 (lacking 1-2); 5 6 (lacking 3-6); 6 6 ; 7 6 ;

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si male scripsi'. Latin Codex Vellum 195 140 mm Originally 27 quires of eights (quires 6 and 15 are twelves). Collation as it survives today: ii + 1 8 , ff. 3r-10v; 2 8 , ff. 11r-17v (wants 1 before

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

fader of hevene'. 'seven werkes of mercy þat hi did noȝt here by hire lyf'. Codex Parchment 225 145-50 mm Collation unascertainable. Some catchwords, some signatures. Pricking not visible. Writing space of 180 x 93-100mm. Single columns with 32-38 lines.

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jumbled fragment, 144 lines, of this text. Pickering 1975, pp. 23-24. Codex Parchment. Very thin, fine parchment. 260 175 mm. Collation unascertainable. Catchword on f. 32r. Pricking for the frame visible. Ruled in drypoint. Left margin has two lines ruled

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a holster book. Originally 11 quires of 12 leaves. Catchwords ff. 25v, 37v, 49v, 61v, 73v, 85v, 87v, 108v, 121v. Collation as it survives today, quite complicated in the first and last quires: 1 12 (wants 1-3, 10-11); 2 12

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to þin endeles blis wiþ þe to wone wiþouten end. Amen.' Codex Parchment 246 160 mm Manuscript interleaved with paper. Collation not possible. Pricking not visible. Writing space of 194 x 85 mm. Single columns with 36-37 lines. Frame ruled

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quire 1. Catchword in scroll with grotesque heads in profile - f. 18v. Catchwords in scrolls - ff. 26v, 66v. Collation: 1 8 , ff. 1-10v; 2 8 , ff. 11r-18v; 3 8 , ff. 19r-26v; 4 8 , ff.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

at end), 22 6 (sewn on to the preceding quire), 23 1 '. Only a few catchwords. A further detailed collation is in Watson 1970, pp. 172-174. Pricking visible. Single and double columns. Scribes 1 and 3 - 45 lines;