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omnibus horis. Hic pennam fixi penitet me si male scripsi'. Latin Codex Vellum 195 140 mm Originally 27 quires of eights (quires 6 and 15 are twelves). Collation as it survives today: ii + 1 8 , ff. 3r-10v; 2

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god withoute end'. Amen Explicit maundeuyle'. Codex Parchment 290 193 mm Note on the first flyleaf, 'The order of the quires, badly confused in the 18th century. Rebinding, was set right in 1929.' 1 8 (wants 1), catchword f. 7v;

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8 ; 19 10 ; 20-23 8 . According to Rigg and Brewer (1983, p. 5) ff. 124r-139r are two quires that were 'originally separate from the rest of the manuscript'. Pricking: not visibl e. Writing space: 190 x 125.

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iv + 141 + ii Good but binding coming apart. Unknown. On f. 13r in the hand that numbered the quires is written the date 1420. Ff. 97r and 139v a rebus which seems to contain the letters 'H E

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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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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 ,

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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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ihesu crist la pensee mun quer enducist priez pur le alme frere ion de kyngtone pur li duz ihesu crist'. Quires remounted. A number of leaves are missing. Compiled by the Franciscan Fr. William Herebert of Hereford (d. 1333?), of

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ȝe here now hwat ȝe be'. 'Cuius anime propicietur deus'. English Codex Parchment 270 195 mm Uncertain. Possibly originally ten quires of six . Collation: Quire 1(lost); 2(lost; 3( lost); 4 6 (lacking 1-2); 5 6 (lacking 3-6); 6 6

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No original quire or leaf signatures visible; modern quire marks added in pencil. Catchwords visible at the ends of all quires except II and VII' (McKitterick and Beadle 1992, pp. 73-74). Pricking visible - slits or double slits. Ruled for