• The Auchinleck Manuscript

nine MSS of the South English Nativity of Mary and Christ (part of the South English Legendary) contain closely related texts. Edition: O. S. Pickering, The South English Nativity of Mary and Christ, Middle English Texts 1 (Heidelberg: Winter, 1975).

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

Edition: M. Wattie, The Middle English Lai le Freine', Smith College Studies in Modern Languages, vol. 10, no. 3 (Northampton, Mass.: Smithe College, 1928). (Critical edition). Other editions: A. Laskaya and E. Salisbury, The Middle English Breton Lays (Michigan: Medieval

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

1966). Other editions: A. Laskaya and E. Salisbury, The Middle English Breton Lays (Michigan: Medieval Publications for TEAMS, 1995). (Includes an electronic version of the text). D. B. Sands, Middle English Verse Romances (Exeter: Exeter University Press, 1986). B. Ford,

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

S. J. H. Herrtage, The Early English Versions of the Gesta Romanorum, EETS ES 33 (London: Trübner, 1879; reprinted 1962): 498-499. R. P. Wülcker, Altenglisches Lesebuch (Halle: Niemeyer, 1874-80). A. J. Ellis, On Early English Pronunciation, Chaucer Society, Second Series,

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

591 lines, not including Latin speech-labels or the English title. Ends perfect but with loss of line ends on f.35ra. Six other manuscripts of variant versions: BL Additional MS 22283 (Simeon). W. Midland. 1380-1400. Simeon also has The King of

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

South English Legendary: Life of St. Frideswitha (IMEV 2900 ) f. 145v South English Legendary: Life of St. Fremund (IMEV 3192 ) f. 154r South English Legendary: Life of St. Petronilla (IMEV 3049 ) ff. 155r-157v South English Legendary: Old

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

English f. 91v South English Legendary: Feast of the Circumcision ( IMEV 4266 ) English f. 92r South English Legendary: Epiphany ( IMEV 3813 ) English f. 92r South English Legendary: Life of St. Hilary ( IMEV 2912 )

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Morris, R., ed, 1868. OldEnglish Homilies , series 1, EETS, os, 29, London: University Press, p. 245. Morris, R., ed, 1871. Legends of the Holy Rood; Symbols of the Passion and Cross Poems In OldEnglish of the Eleventh,

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

English Lyrics of MS Harley 2253, Old and English Texts , Manchester: University Press. Brown, C. 1916. A Register of Middle English Religious and Didactic Verse , 2 vols, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 320-22. Brown. C. ed., 1932.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Library Harley 201 ?s. vix English Scribe 1 - Scribal Dialect: Herefordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 363 258, LP 7500 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 199). Scribe 2 - Scribal dialect: Gloucestershire. Linguistic Grid Reference: 384 219, LP 7080

• late XIVth cent. MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 22,283 British Library, London 186 images.

attributed to William of Nassyngton, and founded on "La Somme des vices et des vertus," of which there were two English prose translations in the XIVth century, the one described under Art. 21 of this volume, the other known under

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 34,193 British Library, London 230 images.

(ed. Skeat, 1870-89, p. 464), Bk. xix., places it after the defeat of the English at Byland (14 Oct. 1322). 6 6. Hymns in Latin, with English versions in seven-line stanzas. f. 107. 7 7. Narration by Edmund Leuersegge of

• Late xivth cent MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 33995 British Library, London 161 images.

Late xivth cent MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 33995 British Library, London 161 images. Date(s) Late xivth cent Author(s) [William of Nassyngton, Richard Rolle, Richard Morris] Collection(s) Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 40769 British Library, London 115 images.

Description RICHARD ROLLE, translation and exposition, verse by verse, with the Latin text, of the Psalter, followed by the six Old Testament canticles and the Magnificat, in the original and uninterpolated version as printed by H. R. Bramley, The Psalter

• XV - XVI centt MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 4698 British Library, London 114 images.

in English upon herbs, arranged in alphabetical order. It begins,"Agnus is an herbe that men clepeTutseyn" and ends at the entry for"Solatrum nigrum". ff.16b-42. For an edition of a version of this text see Essays and Studies on English Language

• Decorated initial 'H' with pen-flourishing in foliate patterns with dots., Mandeville's travels

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') 59 (f. i). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666 (f.14v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Large initial 'B' with penwork decoration in the form of leaves., Enarrationes in Psalmos 1-50

sketches in brown of men in the margins (e.g. ff. 12, 16v, 17v). Enarrationes in Psalmos 1-50 The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 946 ' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in

• Large puzzle initial 'P' with penwork decoration in the form of leaves., Enarrationes in Psalmos 1-50

sketches in brown of men in the margins (e.g. ff. 12, 16v, 17v). Enarrationes in Psalmos 1-50 The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 946 ' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus), at the beginning of book 9 of the Liber scintillarum., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

de vitiis et peccatis' (ff. 100v-106), with continuous interlinear gloss in Old English.Numerous margins excised. Large initials in red and green. Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with OldEnglish glosses The Benedictine priory of Holy Trinity, or Christ Church,

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus), at the beginning of book 10 of the Liber scintillarum., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

de vitiis et peccatis' (ff. 100v-106), with continuous interlinear gloss in Old English.Numerous margins excised. Large initials in red and green. Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with OldEnglish glosses The Benedictine priory of Holy Trinity, or Christ Church,

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

old man vilenye But he trespas othir in worde or dede In holy writ ye may your seluen rede Ageyns an old man whoor vpon his heed Ye shul aryse wherfore I yeue yow reed Ne doth to an

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

o thyng warne I yow , my freendes deere I wol noon old wyf han , in no manere She shal nat passe , .xx. yeer certeyn Old fissh , and yong flessh , wol I haue feyn Bet is

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

Bet is Ï he a pyk þan a pykrelle Old fleissh and ȝong fleissh þat wolde I han ful fayn Sche schal nouȝt passe xvj ȝer certayn I wol non old wyf haue in no manere , But oþing warne

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

is no curteysye To spekyn to an old man vilanye But he trespace in word or ellis in dede In holy wryt ye may youre seluyn weel reede Ne doth vn to an old man noon harm now Na more

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

allien But oo þing warne I ȝow my frendes deere I wil noon old wyf haue in no manere Sche schal not passe sixtene ȝer certayn Old fleisch and ȝong fleisch þat wold I haue ful fayn Bet is quod