• Tokyo, Senshu University Library, MS 1 / Polychronicon

modern pencil upper case letters counting the quires in lower margin of first folio recto, on left against gutter, A through, except not written in for quire K, just left blank. Quiring: Quires of 8s, hair facing hair and flesh

• England, Durham, Durham University Library MS Cosin V.III.9 / Hoccleve's Series or sequence

rectos, originally 1-94 repeating 22, then corrected by crossing out 1-95; quires 6, 7, 9, and 11 have roman numbers in lower right of folios of first halves of quires but no letters. Quiring: [from catalogue] 1 (10) 2-11 (8)

• Scotland, Glasgow, Glasgow University Library MS Hunter 367 (V.1.4) / Polychronicon

first half of quires, lower right corner rectos, first surviving being 'b2' on f8 (first of this quire cut out, stub between 7 and 8); sometimes in romans instead, as 'z iij' on f180; after 'z', quires have symbol or

• England, London, British Library MS Sloane 983 / De Proprietatibus Rerum

maybe quires of 20 from which some leaves are now missing? Signatures: No signatures; leaves remounted. Catchwords: No catchwords; leaves mounted on stubs. Page Size: 210 x 140; all leaves attached to paper stubs, so no way to tell quires.

• Coventry, City Archives, Acc. 325/1 / Regiment of Princes

like 'z'); quires 15-16 signed 'aa' and 'bb' plus romans in similar brown ink--this begins f98 at the change in scribe; the only sign of 'bb' is tops of the 'bb' on f109r which should be 'bb iiij'; quires 17-23

• England, Petworth, Petworth House, The National Trust MS 7 / Canterbury Tales

1 blank parchment leaf Pagination: Modern pencil in upper outer corners recto. Quiring: 1-38(8), 39(3) Signatures: Signatures survive for many quires though some partially cropped; letter followed by roman numerals a-z, then in red a-n again. Catchwords: By the scribe

• Wales, Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales MS Peniarth 392D / Canterbury Tales

trimmed but some survive in Section IV, quires 16-29 as letters with roman numerals. Some of Manly and Rickert's suggestions about the reading of the signatures are disputed. Catchwords: Regularly except in quires 6, 8, 12, 15 and 29. All

• USA, San Marino, CA, Henry E. Huntington Library MS HM 744 / Works of Hoccleve

ii (contemporary parchment + 68 + ii (contemporary parchment) Pagination: Modern pencil foliation in the usual place. Quiring: First two quires are 12's, the remainder are 8's. Signatures: In the Hoccleve section, ff25-68v, signatures in red ink, letters plus roman

• Cambridge, St John's College, MS H.1 (204) / Polychronicon

blank parchment flyleaf Pagination: Modern pencil, upper outer corner on first folio of quires only; modern signatures in pencil lower outer corner of first folio of quires only, lettering 'a' through 'z' and 'A' through 'M'. Quiring: 8 Catchwords: By

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 168 / Regiment of Princes

all blank (SC says iv + 147). Pagination: Modern pencil foliation in upper outer corners recto. Earlier modern numbering of quires in brown ink, modern arabic numbers, both in centre of lower margin of first folio of quire (eg '13'

• London, British Library MS Additional 24194 / Polychronicon

sometimes introduced by blue paraphs with red penwork (some quires); year of whatever reign is dealt with, is recorded in upper outer corner of rectos and versos, introduced (in some quires) by blue paraphs with red penwork or gold paraphs

• London, British Library, Harley MS 6041 / Piers Plowman

foliation in upper outer corners recto, 1-102 Quiring: 12s Signatures: Signatures on lower outer corners of first 6 leaves of quires are just the roman numbers i to vi, no letters, but some have 'fo' or 'p' after them. Catchwords:

• Cambridge, Newnham College MS 4 / Piers Plowman, B version

in upper outer corners recto. Quiring: Regular quires of 8 until end where individual bifolia are added 105-6, 107-8, and 109 a singleton. Signatures: Signatures of lower case letter plus romans for most quires in first half, cropped in second

• Holkham, Norfolk, Holkham Hall, Collection of the Earl of Leicester MS 667 / Canterbury Tales

12(5 i, ii, viii missing), 13(5 i, ii, viii missing) Signatures: No signatures visible. Catchwords: Regularly on final versos of quires on ff9v, 15v, 31v, 39v, 47v, 63v, 70v, 76v. Page Size: 350 x 290 Frame: Brown ink frame with

• USA, Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin, The Harry Ransom Center, pre-1700 MS 46 (Phillipps 6570, Ph1) / Two fragments of the Canterbury Tales

Material: Paper No of Folios: 2 x 12 folios Pagination: Modern foliation numbering 1-12 in the first fragment. Quiring: 2 quires of 12 leaves Signatures: First quire has signatures in ink from 'vj' to 'vv'. Second quire has occasional faint

• USA, New York, NY, Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum MS M 249 / Canterbury Tales

272-274) Pagination: Recent foliation includes the vellum flyleaves. Quiring: 1-25(8), 26(6), 27-34(8), + 1 stuck to first vellum fly. Signatures: Quires 1-16 have roman numerals in yellowish ink on the last verso leaf of each quire. Catchwords: A single catchword

• Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.3.2. (581) / Confessio Amantis

glosses in outer margin; 6 x horizontal enclosing top and bottom lines and running titles; ruled inside columns; in some quires ruling also fills space between columns and into margin for glosses. Writing Space: 267 x 170 = 2 columns

• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Kk.1.3, pt.10 (X) / Life of Our Lady

in upper outer corners of recto folios. Quiring: 8 Signatures: Roman numerals j-iiij only with no letters to count the quires and are in the ink and hand of the scribe. Catchwords: By scribe in lower margin to right of

• Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 424 Part 4 / Astrolabe

pencil upper outer corner recto, foliating, begins with first leaf of Part 4 as f1. Quiring: Part 4 is three quires of 14, the last quire missing its last leaf. Catchwords: None Page Size: 194 x 140 Frame: None Writing

• London, British Library, MS Additional 24062 / Privy Seal Formulary Book

f. j' and just romans 'ij' through 'vj' on ff171-175; on f182, 'q. xvj. fo. j'. Catchwords: None for most quires, but see 'Tresch & foral p'...' on f135v 'A Bretyngny' bottom f152v. Page Size: Folio Frame: Varies, e.g. 4