• Text page with drawing of man spearing a dragon added to the margin., Miscellany of patristic texts, imperfect, including Marcus Eremita's Opuscula III, X and IV (ff. 1-6v, 6v-15v, 16-29), Diadochus's 'Capita centum de perfectione spirituali' (ff. 29-59), John's 'Capita hortatoria ad monachos in India' (ff. 59v-69) and 'Capita theologica et gnostica' (ff. 69-81v), and Maximus's 'Capita de caritate' (ff. 82-117v)

82-117v) Pen and pencil drawings added to the margins, 17th-century ? (ff. 2, 23v, 24, 25, 78, 91v, 92, 97v). John Covel (b. 1638, d. 1722), chaplain of the Levant Company in Constantinople, 1670-1676, and later Master of Christ's College,

• Colophon of Johannes Jacobus de Balbis and ownership inscription of Cornelius Balbus., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)

Colophon of Johannes Jacobus de Balbis and ownership inscription of Cornelius Balbus. Vertical catchwords.f. 70 is a blank, ruled paper leaf with a 16th- or 17th- century(?) inscription. 1 large blue initial with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). 13 smaller

• Initial 'N'(aso) and unidentified arms in the lower margin., Epistulae ex Ponto

Initial 'N'(aso) and unidentified arms in the lower margin. A large piece of paper has been torn off at the top of f. 1. 1 large initial in gold on a blue ground with an unidentified coat of arms

• Initial 'H' with pen-work decoration., Collection of letters attributed to Hippocrates and others in Rinuccini's Latin translation, preceded by dedications to Cardinal Antonio de la Cerda y Llosa (elected 1448, d. 1459) and Pope Nicholas V (elected 1447, d. 1455) (ff. 1-1v)

Initial 'H' with pen-work decoration. Watermark of a basilisk with no direct comparison in C. M. Briquet, ~Les Filigranes: Dictionnaire historique des marques du papier dès leur apparition vers 1282 jusqu'en 1600~, A Facsimile of the 1907 edition with

• Decorated initial 'F'(ata) at the beginning of the text., Laurentias carmen

Decorated initial 'F'(ata) at the beginning of the text. ff. 244v-245 are written in Filelfo's hand, the rest of the manuscript was written in a different hand, but annotated by Filelfo.Catchwords. Leaf signatures.For another autograph manuscript by Filelfo, see

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

517 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 244). A late fifteenth-century copy of John Mirk's Festial with an explanation of the Apostle's Creed in English. ff. 1r-191r John Mirk Festial (IPMEP 734 ) 'The helpe and the grace of almyȝty

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

by Johannes Mirkus, John Mirk edited from Bodl. MS. Gough Eccl. Top. 4, with variant readings from other MSS , EETS, es, 96, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Tr ü bner & Co. Fletcher, A. J. 1987. ‘ John Mirk and

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

description of the contents of this manuscript can be found in McIntosh and Wakelin (19 82, pp. 443-445). ff. 3r-6v John Mirk Festial: Sermon for Christmas Day 'As this day holy church syngeth & redyth & makyth melody'. ' &

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

vol. 1, pp. 164-165). A manuscript containing John Mirk's Festial and saints' lives produced in the late fifteenth century (Ker 1992, p. 351). Wakelin suggests 'just after 1500' (1967, p. 110). ff. 1r-171v John Mirk Festial (IPMEP 734 ) 'Incipit

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England Manchester John Rylands University Library Eng. 90 Ashburnham 136 s. xiv/xv English Latin Scribal Dialect: Shropshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 373 286, LP 4218 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 234). A late fourteenth/early fifteenth century (Ker 1983, p.