Manuscript Description Oxford, Trinity College MS 29 | |
Title: | passim Confessio Amantis (extract); Lerne to Die |
Author: | Gower and Hoccleve |
Contents: | Inserted tale of Nebuchadnezzar from Confessio Amantis, ff189-195; Kate Harris notes extract of Regiment of Princes on f97v. |
Language: | English and Latin |
Date Range: | 1500-1525 |
Scribal Hands: | Examples of the hand. Click on the link above for full details and images of individual letter forms. Examples of the hand. Click on the link above for full details and images of individual letter forms. |
Material: | Paper |
No of Folios: | 1 flyleaf + 1-225 + three blank paper leaves numbered 226-228 |
Pagination: | Confusing older foliation only foliated occasional leaves, has not been crossed through--thus both 189 and 190 on f189; pencil foliation runs through volume 1-228 including back flyleaves. |
Quiring: | Varies, c. 16 |
Catchwords: | By main scribe in main text, centred near lower margin, no embellishment. |
Page Size: | 277 x 193 |
Frame: | Main text has rectangle to edges, no ruling; verse just left margin in drypoint. |
Writing Space: | verse, eg 194v = 193 x c. 75; main text 195 x 120 |
Incipits and Explicits: | None for verses |
Marginal Headings: | Only running titles for the main text. |
Running Titles: | In enlarged bold script, black ink; verses have no coloured ink, but same hand as main writes the running titles on these pages. |
Title by Scribe: | None for verses |
Paragraph Marks: | Plentiful red paraphs, principal names in enlarged bold script but in black ink. |
Flourished Initials: | Main text space left for initial on f1, not filled |
Other Names (not owners): | None associated with the verse. |
Further Information: | Coxe; Kate Harris |