• Gregory's Dialogues , Vitas Patrum , & c.

1857 , p. 237) suggests that 'ff. 62-148, before and after which there are evident breaks, consisted probably of 11 quires, each of 8 leaves. A leaf is missing after f. 97'. There is a blank folio before 149r. The

• Liber Wigornensis ; Hemming's Cartulary

, 5-13 8 , 14 8 (8 missing, blank, after fol. 109), 15 8 . Part 2 consists of ten quires but 'their exact collation is not certain' ( Ker 1948 , p. 56): 1-3 8 (fols 119-42), 4-6 (fols

• Prayers, Prognostics &c

. (According to James' Description at Parker Library on the Web ). Quire signatures in roman numerals at ends of quires, bottom middle of lower margins or beginning of quire bottom middle. 27 long lines usually. pp. 601-03, 611-12 Slightly

• ~x00e6~lfric's Grammar , Dicts of Cato and Glosses

, p. 35). Seven sewing stations are visible, particularly at fol. 42r of the ~x00e6~lfric Grammar . Most of the quires are tightly bound, but here the sewing structure is apparent. Foliation is contemporary with the inscription on fol 1r,

• Homilies

4-6 8 , fols 44-67. Most likely ruled quire by quire, and in some places possibly opening by opening after quires assembled ( Swan 2007 ), since this would account for uneven number of lines across bifolia (e.g. 2r ruled

• 'St. Wulstan's Homiliary', part 2

29 8 wants 6 and 7, fols 231-236; 30 10 + 1 after 10, fols 237-247. 5 and 6 in Quires 26 and 30 and 3 and 6 in Quire 8 are singletons. Franzen reports that 'one catchword, ~x00fe~ig ,

• The Paris Psalter; The Anglo-Catalan Psalter

73r, 89r, 153r, 161r, 169r. The numerals on fols 28r (.'iii'.), 36r (.'iii'.) and 44r (.'v'.) mark the end of quires, and suggest that this numeration did not take into account the illustrations of Quire 1, or was written before

• Homilies

very deeply cut on more than one leaf at a time. Single bounding lines in Quires 4-10, 20, 28-31, 45 and in parts of other quires. The oldest part of the manuscript is by four scribes, with contemporary additions by

• A: Regularis concordia ; Bede, De die judicii B: Homilies by ~x00e6~lfric and Wulfstan, Apollonius, laws &c.

are half-sheets. Leaves are missing between Quires 9 and 10 ( Ker 1957 , p. 90). Ker 50: 1-5 8 , 6 2 ( Ker 1957 , p. 91). Ker 49B: In each of Quires 2-6 the pages, except the

• Computistica; Astronomica; Pontifical; Homilies

saints are Swithun (fol. 203rc/2) and Edith (fol. 203rc/10) Lapidge 1991 : 178-8, no. 19 The parchment is well-prepared, although Quires 9 and 15 (added at Salisbury ) are of a lower quality and Quire 21 is made up of

• Gospels; Manumissons; Homily

1 before fol. 116, 17-18 8 , 19 8 + 1 leaf after 7 (fol. 146). 3 and 6 in quires 2-4, 8, 12, 13, 17 and 5 and 8 in quire 15 are half-sheets ( Ker 1957 , p.

• Law-codes and related texts

The manuscript is in relatively good condition overall. The original quires have suffered some water damage and abrasion, which is particularly pronounced on the outer faces of each of the quires (fols 10r, 15v, 16r, 22v, 23r, 30v, 38r, 45v,

• Eadwine Psalter

of foliation: top right hand corner is modern, with two earlier foliations visible throughout. Arrangement of folios is HFHF. 37 quires, mostly of eights: 1 4 , 2-35 8 , 36 8 wants one after fol. 283, 37 4 wants

• Ecclesiastical Institutes, Homilies

ends at 59 on fol. 160. ( Franzen, 1998 , pp. 56, 58) 1-16 8 ; 3 and 6 in Quires 5 and 6 are half-sheets; 17 10 ; 18-19 8 ; 20 8 wants 8, probably blank. Fol. 161

• Medical Treatises

together with their therapeutic applications. Although the earlier foliation suggests that the manuscript originally contained thirty more initial leaves, the quire's medieval signatures run from 'I' in coincidence with the first quire, thus indicating that the extant texts were intended

• ~x00e6~lfric: Hexameron , Homilies

completed before folding with double vertical and double horizontal bounding lines (Quire 7 has antepenultimate and ultimate horizontal lines ruled; Quires 13 and 14 have single vertical bounding lines). There is one main hand in the manuscript. The aspect is

• Latin Gospel-Book; containing Barking documents, List of Lands

prefatory matter which the related Leofric Gospels (Oxford, Bodleian Library, Auct D. 2. 16) once contained, then up to two quires may have been lost here. Note however the signature .ii. on Q2. Quire 2 (fol. 16v): .ii. Quire 3

• The Orrmulum

1:26 as a separate item, now completely lost. Since the quire signatures preclude the loss of a whole quire between Quires 3, 4, the lost text can only have occupied cols. 69-76 and any inserted slips, now lost. As a

• Homilies and lives of saints

is in good conditions, but the quality of the parchment varies. The Latin texts are written on rather thick material (quires 3-6), suede-like, the same type of material appears from quire 15 onwards. Holes appear towards the end of the