• Three decorated initials 'M'(are), 'N'(ili) and 'A'(er); in the lower half of the image are the remains of f. 2., De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, Book VIII (De astronomia also known as Hipparchus), imperfect (ff. 1-33v); two smaller texts (ff. 33v-39)

the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires); later medieval (?) leaf marks (in quire 1 the ff. 1-3 are foliated 'f.ii'-'f.iiii'; in quires 2-5 the first four leaves respectively are marked 'a', 'ai', 'aii',

• Text page with coloured initials and rubric., Thebais (index Thebaid)

coloured initials and rubric. Quires signatures in the lower margins of each final verso up to viiii.The text was copied from a Continental exemplar, also used to copy Paris BnF Nouv. acq. lat. MS 1627 (Tours) and Worcester MS Q.

• Coloured initial and rubric., Thebais (index Thebaid)

and rubric. Quires signatures in the lower margins of each final verso up to viiii.The text was copied from a Continental exemplar, also used to copy Paris BnF Nouv. acq. lat. MS 1627 (Tours) and Worcester MS Q. 8, according

• Historiated initial 'H'(ec) with Moses conversing wih a man and holding the Tablets of the Law, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, glossed; imperfect

the Tablets of the Law, at the beginning of Deuteronomy. All quires have been thoroughly corrected and marked 'correctus' in lower margin of the last leaf, near the fore-edge (see, e.g., ff. 12v, 24v, 48v or 60v). One or more

• Miniature of the Crucifixion., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

the Dead (ff. 137v-178); and the Psalter of St Jerome (ff. 180v-190v). Blank ruled folios at the end of certain quires. ff. 1-3v and the 5 unfoliated parchment leaves at the end are ruled as the rest of the text

• 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

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

swiche a lewed mannes witte shal pas'. 'here endith þe maunciples tale'. Codex Parchment 310 210 mm 1-33(8). Originally 34 quires of eights. First quire lost. Regular catchwords. Pricking not visible. Writing space of 210 x 110 mm. Text does