Manuscript Description Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson D.82 | |
MS Appellation: | SC 12900 |
Title: | Confessio Amantis (extract) |
Author: | Gower |
Contents: | Siege of Thebes (prose); Confessio Amantis (extract) |
Language: | English and Latin |
Date Range: | 1450-1500 |
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Dialect: | LP 6640; County: Northants |
Material: | Paper |
No of Folios: | 3 paper flyleaves, blank + text block originally 2 booklets, by 2 scribes of similar date and training, ff 1-24 Prose Siege of Thebes, ff25-34 extract Confessio and a ruled page with later added verses and notes + 3 paper flyleaves, blank |
Pagination: | Modern pencil in upper outer corners recto, 1-34. |
Quiring: | Verse in a single quire of 10 leaves, takes up first 9 leaves of it. |
Catchwords: | None in Confessio, but in main prose text, one by scribe in a red box. |
Page Size: | 280 x 195 |
Frame: | In verse, rectangle to edges of page and ruled within, all in brownish lines, some very fine and others wider, possibly plummet; some do not show at all, now invisible; no pricking. |
Writing Space: | verse 202 x c. 70 though ruled for 202 x 139 |
Title by Scribe: | On f1, (prose text), rubric 'Here bigynneth þe Sege of Thebes', none for verse, but first line, including 'Venus' name is written larger and more bold than others. |
Flourished Initials: | For the verse, plain 2-line red initials and red touching on initials of each line; other booklet similar level of decoration, but begins with a 3-line blue initial with red flourishing and has a rubric title. |
Other Names (not owners): | None |
Further Information: | Rawlinson Catalogue |