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the thirteenth-century Wooing of Our Lord . English Horstmann 1896, pp. 345-366. Westra 1950. Codex Parchment 590 390 mm The quires of the manuscript have been remounted. Catchwords: ff. 6v; 14v; 22v; 30v; 35v; 43v; 59v; 69v; 77v; 83v; 91v;

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left blank in the quires he copied. Characteristics: 'steady set round anglicana' without Secretary influence (Doyle, 1987, pp. 11-12). One-line coloured (normally blue or red) or gold initials, which normally have contrasted and alternating penwork. Quires 32-36, and 41 have

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hyng'. English Codex Parchment 300 220 mm. Twelve quires of eight. Ff. 1 and 2 originally flyleaves. First two folios blank. Quire 12 wants two leaves after f. 94. Catchwords for all quires except quire 1. Catchword in scroll with

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- a holster book. Originally 11 quires of 12 leaves. Catchwords ff. 25v, 37v, 49v, 61v, 73v, 85v, 87v, 108v, 121v. Collation as it survives today, quite complicated in the first and last quires: 1 12 (wants 1-3, 10-11); 2

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7 and the beginning of quire 8, no catchword on the last folio of quire 7. Pricking: visible in all quires, as reference to trace the frame, two at the top and two at the bottom margin, but irregular in

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uo) and catchword., Tragoediae (index Tragedies)

Decorated initial 'Q'(uo) and catchword. Piece of paper pasted onto f. 1 with Seneca's epitaph, apparently written in the same hand as the rest of the manuscript.ff. 1-[2a] are medieval flyleaves.Watermark visible (f. 2).Quires numbered in the top right

• Decorated initial 'A' at the beginning of Augustine's Sermones., Various texts including Augustine's Sermones (index Sermons)(ff. 1-107); 'Vitis mystica' (ff. 108-152v); 'De septem columpnis' (ff. 153-159), and Griselda (index Decameron)(ff. 223-228v)

Decorated initial 'A' at the beginning of Augustine's Sermones. The whole manuscript, although written in different hands, is contemporary with its first part which is dated 1407 (see Provenance). Catchwords written horizontally, not only at the end of quires.Numerous

• Decorated initial 'C'(oment) with pen-flourishing and line-fillers at the beginning of the statutes., Nova statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III (ff. 30-115) to 17 Richard II (ff. 116-171v)

first leaf of each quire provides the number of the quire in the following form: 'xi q[uaderna?] fol. P[rim]us'. The quires onto which 20 Richard II and 1-6 Henry IV have been added have the same numbering system as the

• Unfinished miniature of John, duke of Normandy and his court, at the beginning of chapter 33 of 'Philip of Valois' book., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis (from 1270 to1380)

8v), II: the Virgil Master (quires i, iv), and three followers of the Virgil Master: III (quires ii, vi, xvii, xviii, xix); IV (quires iii, ix, x, xxiv, xxv, xxvi, xxvii, xxviii); and V (quires iv, v, vii, viii).One of

• Detail of an unfinished miniature of the siege of La Roche Derrien, at the beginning of chapter 42 of 'Philip of Valois' book., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis (from 1270 to1380)

8v), II: the Virgil Master (quires i, iv), and three followers of the Virgil Master: III (quires ii, vi, xvii, xviii, xix); IV (quires iii, ix, x, xxiv, xxv, xxvi, xxvii, xxviii); and V (quires iv, v, vii, viii).One of

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 35,287 British Library, London 106 images.

Other peculiarties are the spaces between the paragraphs, and the word "cor' " or "coree' " at the ends of quires (ff. 8b, 16 b, etc.). Vellum; ff. 104. About A.D. 1400. Initials and headings in red, and red linos