• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Dd.4.24 / Canterbury Tales

foliation in middle of right margin recto as 'fo'. + lower case roman numerals. Modern pencil foliation in arabic numerals 1-217. Quiring: 24s with inner and outer bifolia of quires as parchment leaves. Signatures: Few remains of signatures, 'ff' on

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Selden supra 53 / De regimine principum

narrow double at left side of text column to enclose initial letter of first line of each stanza; 14 x horizontal, two for running title (which is not there), two for first line of each of four stanzas; a double

• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Gg.6.17 / Regiment of Princes

by this second hand of late 15-16 cc, ''The vertuouse doctrine of hoccleue vpon the rule of princes'; glosses by this hand or possibly several hands of late 15th-16th c, including on f1 'De infortune s. Richard 2 kynge'. Marginal

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 149 / Canterbury Tales

A number of catchwords survive. They occur to the right of the text box in the middle of the lower border. Some cross the marginal line. They are in the ink of the text and the hand of the copyist

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 223 / Devonshire scribe, TCC R.3.3 scribe or slanted hooked 'g' scribe

Reproduced with permission of The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, 2011; all rights reserved a Usage: 'was'; single compartment 'a' used as the lower case graph throughout. Usage: 'all'; frequently visible where 'a' is the first letter of a word

• USA, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library MS M 690 / Hand A

heads of the limbs turn to the right. Usage: 'what'; Usage: 'Wherof'; 'W' in initial position in the line. y Usage: 'ydel'; the left limb of 'y' descends vertically. Usage: 'eny'; the fork of 'y' is below the level of

• USA, New York, NY, Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum MS M 690 / Hand B

lower left point of the upper compartment forming a sort of triangle. Usage: 'intelligences'; Usage: 'kynge'; h Usage: 'herke'; 'h' is evenly formed with looped head-stroke and neatly contained tail. Usage: 'distrawhte'; a rather peculiar spelling of a word on

• London, British Library, MS Harley 7184 / Devonshire scribe, TCC R.3.3 scribe or slanted hooked 'g' scribe

as representative of the 'gh' sound. Usage: 'drouȝ'; in final position so attracting the long otiose extension. Usage: 'pointeȝ'; it is also used as representative of the 'z' sound of the plural. Usage: 'thouȝt'; Upper Case Letters Usage: 'Of'; Usage:

• USA, New York, NY, Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum MS M 690 / Confessio Amantis

USA, New York, NY, Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum MS M 690 Title: Confessio Amantis Author: Gower Contents: Gower, Confessio Amantis, version A, ff2-204v (missing 136 lines at beginning of Prologue (1 leaf); ends imperfectly near end of Book VIII).

• Alnwick, Northumberland, Alnwick Castle, Collection of the Duke of Northumberland MS 455 / Canterbury Tales

bar of sleigh. Page Size: 308 x 198 Frame: Square of fine brown crayon or plummet; top line of text may be completely above the frame or the frame may be used as the boundary for the top of minims;

• Lincoln, Lincoln Cathedral Library MS A.4.18 (110) / Canterbury Tales

Lord Hastings was brother-in-law of Sir Thomas Neville (owned Sloane 1685), of Anne Duchess of Buckingham (may have owned Royal 18 C.II) and of William Earl of Arundel (collected MSS), (Manly & Rickert 1.337). Table of Contents: On fi, the

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Douce 322 / Devotional Works

whole of left margin and half of upper and lower margins; also 'KL' of various colours, rose, green with white highlighting on solid gold ground; alternating red and blue with black on calendar pages Miniatures: On f15 miniature of dreamer

• Cambridge, Magdalene College MS Pepys 2101 / Regiment of Princes

Manuscript Description Cambridge, Magdalene College MS Pepys 2101 Title: Regiment of Princes Author: Hoccleve Contents: Regiment of Princes Language: English Date Range: 1440-1465 Scribal Hands: Unknown Material: Parchment No of Folios: 2 paper flyleaves + 83 + 2 paper flyleaves

• Oxford, Magdalen College MS Lat. 213 / Confessio Amantis

decoration also of the 16th century. 'Alexander Samsoun' in 16th century writing. 'Thomas' in 15th century script. 'Wrauthe' in 15-16th century writing.Inside the back cover is 'John Morigan is a very knave (16th century). Table of Contents: Table of Contents

• England, London, British Library MS Stowe 65 / Higden's Polychronicon

Author: Trevisa's translation of Higden Contents: Higden's Polychronicon translated by Trevisa ff2ra-201vb plus modern supply for end on unnumbered 201-202; ff202ra-205va Dialogus inter Clericum et Militem trans of William of Ockham'IPMEP 330: ff205va-217ra Defensio Curatorum (trans. Richard FitzRalph's sermon) IPMEP

• USA, San Marino, CA, Henry E. Huntington Library MS HM 28561 / Trevisa, trans of Polychronicon

Library MS HM 28561 MS Appellation: B (Waldron) Title: Trevisa, trans of Polychronicon Author: Trevisa's translation of Higden Contents: Trevisa's translation of Higden's Polychronicon (version A); Of the Begynnyng of the World and the Rewmes Bitwixe; Dialogus inter Clericum et

• London, British Library, Additional 34779 / Piers Plowman, C version

says in hand of Thomas Martin of Palgrave (ob. 1771) referring to possession of another MS of this text by Mr. [Joseph] Ames of London / pg. 84 / '(ob. 1759); also the names, as owners, of Matthew Lee and

• San Marino, CA, Henry E. Huntington Library MS HM 128 / Piers Plowman, B version

version Author: Langland Contents: Pricke of Conscience; Piers Plowman; Siege of Jerusalem; How the Good Wife Taught her daughter Language: English and Latin Dialect: Dutschke says 'written in England, in southwest Warwickshire, in the beginning of the fifteenth century' (1.163).

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Hatton 51 / Confessio Amantis

rest of volume. Quiring: 8s Catchwords: None Page Size: 310 x 220 Frame: 4 x vertical; 2 x horizontal, the top one as top of minim height of top line of text, not ruled within, fine grey-brown lines of which

• San Marino, CA, Henry E. Huntington Library, HM 128 (olim Phillipps 20420) / Pricke of Conscience, Piers Plowman B-text, Siege of Jerusalem

E. Huntington Library, HM 128 (olim Phillipps 20420) Title: Pricke of Conscience, Piers Plowman B-text, Siege of Jerusalem Author: Langland, Anon Contents: Pricke of Conscience; Piers Plowman B-text; Siege of Jerusalem; How the Good Wife Taught her daughter Language: English