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England, Durham, Durham University Library MS Cosin V.II.13
 
Title:Troilus and Criseyde, Letter of Cupide
Author:Chaucer and Hoccleve
Contents:Troilus and Criseyde ff4r-105v; Letter of Cupide ff106r-112v
Language:English
Date Range:1425-1450
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Material:Parchment
No of Folios:iii + 111 + ii
Pagination:Pencil and numbered from 1-115 (1 leaf was missed out) to include the flyleaves.
Quiring:iii +1(6 missing vii and viii), 2-12(8), 13(9), 14(8) +ii
Signatures:No signatures.
Catchwords:No catchwords.
Page Size:280 x 185
Writing Space:180 x 105
Incipits and Explicits:'Explicit liber Troili et Crisseid' on f105v and 'Explicit littera Cupidinis directa subditis suis Amatoribus' at the end of Letter of Cupid.
Illuminated Initials:At the beginning of Proems and Books.
Paragraph Marks:Alternate blue and red paraphs mark beginnings of stanzas up to f97v, thereafter in red only.
Other Names (not owners):On f1r 'R Kinge his booke' and on f1v 'By me Robert Kinge' and 'Paule Keyne and Lew thes Keyne'. On f3v is the name 'G Davenport 1664' whom Seymour identifies as Bishop Cosin's chaplain. On f4r is the name 'W Browne'.
Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York, King's Manor, York YO1 7EP