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 |