• null, Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Miniature of various locations set out in a landscape: 'La Chastel en Chaire', 'Le jardin du baume,' 'La cite de Babiloine,' and 'Les Moulins de Babiloine'., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Miniature of Nectanebus receiving a letter; miniature of Nectanebus on a roof, in flight, having shaved his head., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Detail of a miniature of the translator reading., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

with penwork decoration in white and ivy extensions Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation Inscription listing the number of quires (12,5) and miniatures (35): 'en cest livre sont xii caiers et demy et xxxv histoirez', 15th century (f. 100v).The

• Detail of a miniature of the voyage of Jason., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

with penwork decoration in white and ivy extensions Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation Inscription listing the number of quires (12,5) and miniatures (35): 'en cest livre sont xii caiers et demy et xxxv histoirez', 15th century (f. 100v).The

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

'Of hem that writen ous The bokes duelle'. 'un amie soulain'. Macaulay 1899-1902; Macaulay 1957. Codex Paper 290 210 mm Quires of eights. Catchwords. Three leaves missing according to Brown. Single columns with 30-48 lines. Not ruled. Macaulay describes the

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

amoris'. In the same hand on ff. 69r-73v is a table of contents in Latin. Codex Parchment 270 190 mm Quires remounted. 1 12 , ff. 1-12v, catchword; 2 12 , ff. 13r-24v, catchword; 3 10 , ff. 25r-34v, catchword;

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

damage - folio blackened. 'Of goddys eyrenes þenkyn owght'. Cf. Horstmann 1892, pp. 355-406. Codex Parchment 155 120 mm. Four quires: 1 12 , ff. 1r-12v; 2 12 , ff. 13r-24v; 3 12 , ff. 25r-35v; 4 10 , ff.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

i.e. small pricking marks along the outside edge of the margin roughly 5 mm apart in quire 3, 4. In quires 6-9 lines seem to have been ruled in lead or brown crayon/ink (e.g. ff. 347-348). Scribe 1 : ff.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

the end flyleaves and is both cropped and placed sideways. Codex Parchment and paper. The outer and central bifolia of quires are vellum whilst the others are paper. 210 120 mm 1 12 , ff. 3r-14v; 2 ? ; 3