• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with the royal arms of England, with a partial border including Tudor roses, at the beginning of the text., Tractatulus de regimine seu caritate principum

of the English Observant Franciscans (c. 1508-1513), and his confessor, inscribed ' Sacre regie maiestasti frater Ste/phanus baronis immeritus p[ro[vincialis / et hu[m]ilis s[er]vulus' (f. 1); the royal arms of England (f. 3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library):

• Text page with 9th century and 10th century scripts., Libri evangeliorum quattuor; Aenigmata; De arte metrica (extract)

Text page with 9th century and 10th century scripts. Numerous Latin glosses and two OldEnglish glosses (ff. 73, 76v).Text is unjustified at right margins with the following arrangement: ff. 1-59v: bold capitals arranged vertically at the beginning of linesff.

• Detail of a miniature of ships with the royal arms of England and George, led by Thomas, earl of Buckingham, holding a shield bearing his arms (the royal arms of England differentiated by a label of 5 point and a bordure), illustrating the English reinforcements of the duke of Brittany., Chroniques

(b. c.1430, d. 1483), courtier and administrator, chamberlain of Edward IV : sketch of his arms (f. 12).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Le petit Froissart' in the list of books at Richmond

• Miniature of ships with the royal arms of England and George, led by Thomas, earl of Buckingham, holding a shield bearing his arms (the royal arms of England differentiated by a label of 5 point and a bordure), illustrating the English reinforcements of the duke of Brittany, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'V'(ous)., Chroniques

(b. c.1430, d. 1483), courtier and administrator, chamberlain of Edward IV : sketch of his arms (f. 12).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Le petit Froissart' in the list of books at Richmond

• Full border with flowers and the arms of England. Dedication., Verses on spring (De vere carmen ad Edwardum Angliae principem)

Warner and Gilson 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the catalogue of 1661, Royal Appendix 86, (f. 28). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Arms of

• MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 12056 British Library, London 93 images.

and Additional Manuscripts, Section A Manuscript Number 12056 Source Library British Library, London Description TREATISE, in oldEnglish, of the virtues of Herbs;â€"Medicinal receipts;â€"Old English version of Lanfrane of Milan's larger work on the art of Surgery. Imperfect at the

• MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 10,626 British Library, London 19 images.

10,626 Source Library British Library, London Description FRAGMENT, Consisting of eight leaves, of the lives of the Saints, in oldEnglish verse. On vellum of the xvith cent. It is a portion of the A.. Ms. 10,301. Folio. Source Microfilm

• MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 10,301 British Library, London 178 images.

Number 10,301 Source Library British Library, London Description A MARTYROLOGY, or Lives of the Saints, the Festivals, etc., in oldEnglish verse. Imperfect, being little more than the first half of the work; and ending with St. Michael's day. A

• MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 10,099 British Library, London 250 images.

Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A Manuscript Number 10,099 Source Library British Library, London Description THE OLDENGLISH CHRONICLE called Brut of England, continued to the accession of Edw. IV.;—A breve tretise complied for to bringe the

• MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 15,580 British Library, London 355 images.

the prologues of St. Jerome. Prefixed is a table of lessons, and the names of the books contained in the Old and New Testament. On vellum, written in the XIVth century. Folio. Source Microfilm Collection British Literary Manuscripts from the

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

20 SC 6420 s. xv 2 English Scribal dialect: Worcestershire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: Not mapped (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 250). A generously decorated copy of the Canterbury Tales beginning with the General Prologue and ending with the

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

in alphabetical order. 169 chapters. Table of contents and treatise appear to be in separate hands. English Brodin 1950. ff. 62v-64r Medical Recipes English Codex Paper. 210 c. 145mm Each page remounted. Unable to ascertain. Pricking: none. Writing space of

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

recipes in Latin and English. Latin English f. 17r-v Notes in EnglishEnglish f. 18r Glossary of Alchemical terms Glossary of alchemical terms in Latin translated into English. Glossary followed by recipes in English. Latin English ff. 18v-21r Recipes 'To

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

199r-v South English Legendary: Life of St. Edmund the King(IMEV 2887 ) 'De sancto edmundo rege & martire'. 'Seynt edmunde the martyr was kyng of a parte of englond'. Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 296-299. ff. 199v-201r South English Legendary: Life

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

of excommunication (in English, f. 2), of an indenture of apprenticeship to John Swafield of Aburtone, 1 Feb. 1479 (f. 86). Latin only for the first part, the rest is in English between ff. 2r-6r. Latin English f. 6v Will

• 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