| Date of origin | Middle of the 15th century |
| Material | Paper |
| Dimensions | Width: 206mm | Height: 297mm |
| Paper facsimile |
Cambridge University Library MS Ff.2.38, ed. by F. McSparran and P. R. Robinson (London: Scolar Press, 1979). |
| Notes |
Two scribes, with the second taking over in the middle of Octavian. |
| Folio | Content item | IMEV | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3r-6r | William Lychefelde's 'Complaint of God' |
2714 | |
| 6r-10r | þe ix lessons of dyryge whych ys clepyd pety joob |
1854 | |
| 10r-14v | Proverbs of Solomon |
3861 | |
| 14v-19r | Stimulus consciencie minoris |
244 | |
| 19r-20v | xij profytes þat men may gete in sufferyng of bodely anger |
257 | |
| 20v-21v | þe mirrour of vices and of vertues, which also ys clepid þe seuen ages |
1259 | |
| 28r-31v | Thomas Brampton's 'The Seven Psalms' |
355 | |
| 31v-32r | A salutation of Our Lady |
1041 | |
| 32r | The Ten Commandments |
3685 | |
| 32r-32v | The seven works of bodily mercy |
3040 | |
| 32v | The seven works of ghostly mercy |
3262 | |
| 32v | The five bodily Wits |
1815 | |
| 32v | The five ghostly Wits |
1126 | |
| 32v | The seven deadly sins |
2770 | |
| 33r | The seven virtues contrary to the seven sins |
4200 | |
| 33r-33v | The twelve articles of belief |
Prose. |
|
| 33v | þe vij sacramentis schortly declarid of seynt Edmonde of pounteneye |
Prose. |
|
| 33v-35r | A treatise of the arrows that shall be shot on Doomsday against those that shall be damned |
Prose. |
|
| 35r-35v | The seven tokens of meekness |
Prose. |
|
| 35v-37r | The Life of Mary Magdalene |
Prose. |
|
| 37r-38r | The Life of Saint Margaret |
Prose. |
|
| 38r-40r | The Life of Saint Thomas |
Prose. |
|
| 40v-45r | On the Assumption of the Virgin |
2165 | |
| 45r-47v | The Life of Saint Katherine |
227 | |
| 47v-50v | The Long Charter of Christ (B text) |
4154 | |
| 50v-53r | The fifteen tokens before Doomsday |
3368 | |
| 53r-54r | How the Good Man Taught his Son |
1877 | |
| 54r-55r | The Miracle of the Eucharist |
622 | |
| 55r-55v | A Lamentation of the Virgin |
1899 | |
| 55v-56r | A Lamentation of the Virgin |
2619 | |
| 56r-57v | The Adulterous Falmouth Squire |
2052 | |
| 57v-59r | How a merchant betrayed his wife |
1897 | |
| 59r-63r | A gode mater of the marchand and hys sone |
1909 | |
| 63r-70v | Erle of Tolous | 1681 | 1219 lines. |
| 71r–79r | Sir Eglamour of Artois | 1725 | 1341 lines. |
| 79v–90r | Sir Tryamour | 1177 | 1719 lines. |
| 90r–102v | Octavian | 1918 | Northern version. 1731 lines. |
| 102v-134r | Bevis of Hampton | 1993 | Dialectal forms suggest a Leicester provenance. Complete. |
| 134r-156v | The seven sages |
3187 | |
| 161r-231r | Guy of Warwick | 3146 | 'Later Couplet' version. 11976 lines. Complete. |
| 239v-254r | Le Bone Florence of Rome | 334 | Unique copy. 2189 lines. |
| 254r-257v | Robert of Cisyle | 2780 | 516 lines. |
| 257v-261v | Sir Degare | 1895 | 602 lines. Incomplete. |