A table of contents in a 14th-century English hand, unfinished: contains only chapters of book 1 and ends with 'capitula secundi libri', although the manuscript does not contain the division in chapters. Both folios also include 16th or 17th century pen trials and notes.
ff. 1, 129–131: Fragments of Aristotle (translated by James of Venice), De anima, with marginal and interlinear glosses. Decoration: A 4-line puzzle initial in red and blue (f. 131r).
Grammatical and legal tracts, letters and documents
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f. 4r: Guide to French pronunciation. ff. 4r–6v: Orthographica Gallica (sometimes attributed to Thomas Sampson), with running commentary in Anglo-Norman on Latin rules and vocabulary lists (Dean 1999, nos. 287, 300). ff. 7r–9r: Outline of the responsibilites of a clerk of a manorial household,...
ff. 93r–127v: William of Waddington, Le Manuel des pechiez (after f. 120v, 1305 lines are missing). Includes an inserted sermon in 122 stanzas (f. 123v), ‘Deu le omnipotent’ (Dean 199, nos. 635, 599). f. 127v: Names of knights of the Round Table, from Chrétien de Troyes, Erec et Enide, added in...
The manuscript includes Jordanus de Nemore, De elementis arismetica artis (ff. 1r-33v). Decoration: 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing and a partial border in red and blue, at the beginning of the text (f. 1r). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, and 1 in red wi...
Contents: ff. 1r-130v: English statutes, including 'Summa Fet Asaver', 'Carta H. reg. de libertabus Anglie', 'Carta eiusdem de foresta', 'Sententia lata super cartas', 'Dictum de Kevill.', 'Provisiones de Merton', 'Statuta Marlebergie', 'Statuta Westmonasterii Prima', 'Statuta de Judaismo', 'St...
Vita sancti Edwardi (Life of saint Edward the Confessor)
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Contents: ff. 1r-40v: Vita sancti Edwardi (Life of saint Edward the Confessor). Decoration: Attributed to the artist who completed many of the initials and borders in Royal MS 18 D II (see Kennedy, 'Aging Artists' (2022)). Historiated initial in colours and gold with the coat of arms of Marga...