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Manuscripts of the West Midlands
as this is a miscellaneous manuscript made up by different quires of different size. Measurements given are the overall framing size of the leaves. c. 200 c. 140 mm Originally quires of various sizes and very tightly bound. Catchwords: ff.
cover. The first three quires have had their corners folded inwards creating a 'v' shaped fold (See Tschann and Parkes 1996, p. lv, fig. 2). On the fore edge of the first three leaves of these quires there is piercing
est et fama parentum'. A book of astrological sortes translated into Latin from Arabic. Latin Codex Parchment 235 150 mm. Quires: 1 6 (plus one at end), ff. 1r-7v; 2 8 (plus one at beginning), ff. 8r-16v; 3 12 ,
with red and blue penwork. Three-line blue initials with red penwork decoration. Four-line lombardic capitals. Very little decoration in later quires. Not medieval. Size: 200 x 145 mm. Cover: red leather over pasteboard with gold stamp of two angels holding