| Date of origin | Fifteenth century |
| Material | Paper |
| Dimensions | Width: 140mm | Height: 210mm |
| Paper facsimile |
The Heege Manuscript: a facsimile of National Library of Scotland MS Advocates 19.3.1, introduced by Philippa Hardman (Leeds: University of Leeds, School of English, 2000). |
| Folio | Content item | IMEV | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1r-7r | The Hunting of the Hare |
64 | |
| 7v-10r | Mock sermon |
Prose. |
|
| 10v | Nonsense verse |
3435 | |
| 11r-27v | Sir Gowther | 973 | Missing opening lines. |
| 28r-29v | Stans puer ad mensam |
4153 | |
| 30r-47r | The Marriage of St. Catherine |
Prose. |
|
| 48r-56v | Sir Isumbras | 1184 | 837 lines. |
| 57r-58v | The Mass from 'The Lay Folk's Mass Book' |
3507 | IMEV 3507 (ll. 1-130). |
| 59r-v | Carol |
340 | Latin and English. |
| 60r-60v | Nonsense verse |
1116 | |
| 61r | Fragment of a lyric |
1982 | (IMEV 1982 from stanza 5); added to an originally blank page. |
| 61v | 'Deceyte' from John Lydgate's 'Fall of Princes' |
674 | IMEV 674 (Book II, 11. 4432-38). |
| 61v | Proverbs |
3083 | IMEV 3083 (first stanza only). |
| 61v | Rhyming proverbs |
3088 | |
| 62r | The terms of carving game |
Prose. |
|
| 63r-64r | The terms of hunting |
Prose. |
|
| 64v | Medical recipe |
Prose. |
|
| 65r-v | Aue regina coelorum |
1032 | |
| 66r-67v | That pes may stond |
1772 | |
| 68r-84r | Sir Amadace | 3518.5 | 778 lines. Lacks opening lines. |
| 84v-86v | The Little Children's Little Book |
1920 | |
| 86v | Medical recipe ('for the cholyc') |
Prose. Later insertion. |
|
| 97r-v, 87r-89r | Richard Maidstone's paraphrase of Psalm 51 |
2157 | f. 97r-v is bound out of place. |
| 89v-90v | Ecce Ancilla Domini |
707 | Latin and English. |
| 91r | As I wandrede her bi weste |
374 | |
| 91r-92v | Servis is no Heritage |
1446 | |
| 93r-94r | Deo Gracias |
1448 | |
| 94v-95v | Verbum Caro factum est |
378 | |
| 95v-96r | Satirical carol |
358 | |
| 96v | A form of indulgence or charm, the so-called 'Letter of Charlemagne' |
Prose. |
|
| 98r-157v | Tundale |
1724 | |
| 158r-170v | William Lychefelde's 'Complaint of God' |
2714 | |
| 170v-173r | A Song of Love to Jesus (religious lyric) |
1781 | |
| 173v | Memorandum of household expenses |
Later addition. Prose. |
|
| 174r-174r | Lamentacio Peccatoris (Prologue to 'The Adulterous Falmouth Squire') |
172 | |
| 175r | Worship wymmen wyne and vnweldy age |
4230 | |
| 175r | Precepts in -ly |
3087 | |
| 176r-210r | John Lydgate's ' Life of Our Lady' |
2574 | Books iv-vi. |
| 185v | Charm for healing wounds |
Later insertion in between books iv and v of Lydgate. Prose. |
|
| 210v-211r | This louely lady sat and song |
3627 | |
| 211v | Prescription |
Later addition; Latin prose. |
|
| 212r-v | Prognostications for the year |
Prose. |
|
| 213r-216r | Trentale Sancti gregorij |
3184 | |
| 216v | Deus Creator Omnium, with part of musical score |
Later addition. |