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Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Laud misc. 656
 
Title:Piers Plowman, C version
Author:Langland
Contents:Piers Plowman, C Version
Language:English and Latin
Scribal Hands:
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Dialect:LP : N/A; Grid : N/A; County : N Oxon
Material:Parchment
No of Folios:131
Quiring:12s
Catchwords:In right hand corner of footer, not distinguished in any way.
Frame:Drypoint frame ruled only
Incipits and Explicits:'Explicit hic passus secundus; Incipit passus tercius'.
Marginal Headings:Passus headings in Latin in the text column in text ink and same script, in the format: 'Explicit hic passus secundus; Incipit passus tercius'.
Title by Scribe:No title or table of contents. Text ends incomplete on f114r.
Flourished Initials:None. Spaces left for decorated initials at passus beginnings but not executed.
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