• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 902 / Confessio Amantis

blank space on f184rb, possibly 17th century, attributed to 'Spencerus'; English verses added on f184va-vb signed 'Quod m'; the name '(John) Browghton' several times as pen-trials on f184vb. Flourished Initials: One-line alternating blue initials with red pen-work and gold with

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

around each other; these ink lines are cross-hatched with parallel lines in either red or brown ink. Further Information: Manly, John M. and Rickert, E. The Text of the Canterbury Tales, 8 vols, vol. I, 126-129. Chicago: University of Chicago

• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Ii.3.26 / Canterbury Tales

the Fragments. Flourished Initials: Alternating gold initials with grey-green pen-work flourishing and blue initials with red flourishing. Further Information: Manly, John M. and Rickert, E. The Text of the Canterbury Tales, 8 vols, vol. I, 295-301, Chicago: University of Chicago

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 221 / Hoccleve, Series, Lydgate, Dance of Death, Hoccleve, Regiment of Princes

right of lines of verse. Flourished Initials: 4-6-line blue lombard initials with red penwork. Other Names (not owners): On f129v 'John Kinderley' 16th cent; f1 'Lidgates poems. R. Myddelton Massey' (who gave to Bodleian) and record of gift of the

• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Gg.6.17 / Regiment of Princes

Spaces left for larger initials but never filled in. No coloured ink at all. Other Names (not owners): Owned by John Moore, Bishop of Ely (f. 1714) whose library was given to CUL in 1715 by George I. Seymour notes

• USA, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections MS Garrett 151 / Polychronicon

margin 'Redcros', on f210v margin 'Homebartus' ALL of these in later scripts of 16th c. onwards. Further Information: Ronald Waldron, John Trevisa's Translation of the Polychronicon of Ranulph Higden, Book VI, Middle English Texts 35 (2004), p. xxxviii. Ingilby sale,

• Oxford, New College MS 326 / Confessio Amantis

Names (not owners): On f207rb, sideways on the blank space since text ends 207ra, 'Thomas Salver' an early owner; 207v 'John Mompesson ex dono Egidii Mompesson equitis aurati 1650' and 'Tho. Mompesson Nov. Coll. socius [dedit?] 1705'. Flourished Initials: On

• USA, New York, NY, Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum MS M 125 / Confessio Amantis

the lover asking for instruction. Flourished Initials: Smaller blue initials with red flourishing. Other Names (not owners): Formerly owned by John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun (1705-1782) (bookplate inside front cover). Note f180 pasted to a new paper leaf so

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

in margins. Flourished Initials: On f1, 8-line blue initial with red penwork forming square around it. Further Information: Cotton catalogue, 1.39; Ronald Waldron, John Trevisa's Translation of the Polychronicon of Ranulph Higden, Book VI, Middle English Texts 35(2004), pp. xxiii-xxiv.

• Scotland, Glasgow, Glasgow University Library MS Hunter 239 (U.3.12) / Pelerinage de la Vie Humaine (The ABC Hymn)

manuscript, is the name 'Johanes Hill' in a fifteenth century hand and on f44v in the same hand, the name 'John' in the upper margin and 'Jo' in the left margin. Flourished Initials: Many blue initials of varying sizes flourished

• USA, Cambridge, MA, Harvard, Houghton Library, Eng. 920 / Treatise on the Astrolabe

red headings; stroke of red in initials of new sentences. Other Names (not owners): On fi added by later hands 'John Gowr' and 'F Fox' and 'Oct 11 1788 / pr. GD.; otherwise, just Harvard/Houghton bookplates inside front and back

• Liverpool, Liverpool Public Library MS f909 HIG / Polychronicon

double Noah's Ark illustration, red pen-drawn outlines only, with rubrics in red and black ink.' Further Information: Ker, MMBL, 3.269-270. Ronald Waldron, John Trevisa's Translation of the Polychronicon of Ranulph Higden, Book VI, Middle English Texts 35 (2004), pp. xxxv-xxxvi.

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

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 Translation of the Polychronicon of Ranulph Higden, Book VI, Middle English Texts 35(2004), pp. xxiii-xxiv.

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 686 / Canterbury Tales

on f55; Frauncis Vpton on f106 Flourished Initials: Blue initials with red flourishing define incipits and explicits. Further Information: Manly, John M., and Edith Rickert, eds. The Text of the Canterbury Tales: Studied on the Basis of All Known Manuscripts.

• Cambridge, St John's College B.12 (34) / Confessio Amantis

'nicolas helyfex' in two different scripts; a motto and 'Ricardus moone'; and below text which ends near bottom first column, 'John Nicolas oweth this book, 1576'; front pastedown: ex libris of William Crashaw, former fellow of the college, who sold

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Laud misc. 416 / English Poetry and Prose

2. Siege of Thebes and Parlement of Foules by Hand 3. Language: English Date Range: 1460-? Scribal Hands: Hand 3 John Newton Hand 1 Dialect: See early owners. Material: Paper No of Folios: ii + 289 + ii Pagination: Original

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 149 / Canterbury Tales

initials with red flourishing to define prologues and tales and pilgrims in the General Prologue for example. Further Information: Manly, John M., and Edith Rickert, eds. The Text of the Canterbury Tales: Studied on the Basis of All Known Manuscripts.

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Tanner 346 / Anthology of Poems

flourishing extends up and down the border. Other Names (not owners): 'W. Sancroft' in top right corner of first folio. 'John Graystok' and 'Walker' on f132v. Table of Contents: Modern list on flyleaf iv. Flourished Initials: Blue with red flourishing

• Oxford, Corpus Christi College MS 198 / Canterbury Tales

f1r: Liber C.C.C.Oxon Ex dono Gulielmi Fulman A.M. hujus Collegii quondam socius. Further Information: Corpus Christi College Catalogue, p.80 Manly, John M., and Edith Rickert, eds. The Text of the Canterbury Tales: 8 vols. Chicago, 1940. 1:92-9; 1:567-9. McCormick, Sir

• Oxford, New College MS 314 / Canterbury Tales

Coxe, Henry O., 'Catalogus Codicum Manuscriptorum qui in Collegiis Aulisque Oxoniensibus Hodie Adservantur'. 2 vols. Oxford: University Press, 1852. Manly, John M. and Rickert, E. The Text of the Canterbury Tales, 8 vols, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1940. 1:381-6.