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 |
| 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.                 |
| 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 |