1st half 15th century [1432?]
Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 109
Location:University of Manchester Library
Name of creator:Name of Author: Unknown.
Extent:1 volume. vi + 123 + ii folios, foliated (i-iii), 1-126, (127-8) (modern foliation). A now damaged foliation in the hand of item 4, ff. 1-143, repeats two numbers, 23 or 24 and 27 or 28, and takes account of fourteen of the leaves missing from item 3; it was made when items 1 and 2 were in their present state, when the first leaf of item 3 was out of place and the second leaf missing and when the gap after f. 101 already existed (Ker). Dimensions: 283 x 205 mm. Collation of ff. 4-126 and Norwich ff. 1-8: 1 20 lacking 1 and 16-20 (16-20 were probably blank), 2 nineteen (ff. 18-36), 3 12 lacking 2 and 12 (ff. 54, 37-45), 4 12 lacking 7 and 11 (ff. 46-51; Norwich ff. 5-7; f. 52), 5 12 lacking 2 and 3 after f. 53 and 7-9 after f. 57 (ff. 53, 56-60), 6 12 lacking 7-9 after f. 66, 7 12 lacking 10-12 (ff. 70-4; Norwich ff. 1-4), 8 four (ff. 75-8), 9 14 (ff. 79-92), 10 12 lacking 5-7 after f. 96, 11 16 (ff. 102-17), 12 10 (ff. 118-22; Norwich f. 8; ff. 123-6). Condition: ff. 59-60 are torn, with significant loss of text towards the foredges; generally the manuscript is damp-affected, with some staining and abrasion to the edges of leaves. Medium: paper, except ff. 75-8 which are vellum. Binding: blind-tooled calf binding, 19th century
Language:Middle English and Latin
