| Date of origin | Middle of the 15th century |
| Place of origin | North Yorkshire |
| Material | Paper |
| Dimensions | Width: 210mm | Height: 290mm |
| Paper facsimile |
The Thornton Manuscript (Lincoln Cathedral MS. 91), ed. by D. S. Brewer and A. E. B. Owen (London: Scolar Press, 1975). |
| Folio | Content item | IMEV | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1r-49r | The Prose Life of Alexander |
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| 50r-v | Prognostications of weather |
Prose. |
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| 51v-52r | Prologue of 'The Adulterous Falmouth Squire' |
172 | |
| 53r-98v | Alliterative Morte Arthure | 2322 | Unique copy. 4346 lines. |
| 98v–109r | Octavian | 1918 | Northern version. 1629 lines. |
| 109r–114v | Sir Isumbras | 1184 | 794 lines. |
| 114v-122r | Erle of Tolous | 1681 | |
| 122v-129v | The Life of St. Christopher |
1990 | |
| 130r-138v | Sir Degrevant | 1953 | 1678 lines, missing 802-1008. |
| 138v–147r | Sir Eglamour of Artois | 1725 | 1335 lines. |
| 147r-148r | The Wicked Knight and the Friar |
1722 | |
| 148r-149r | Lyarde |
2026 | |
| 149v-153v | Thomas of Erceldoune |
365 | |
| 154r-161r | Awntyrs off Arthure | 1566 | |
| 161r-176r | Sir Percevale of Galles | 1853 | Unique copy. 2288 lines. |
| 176r | A charm for toothache |
1292 | |
| 176r | A charm for toothache |
3709 | |
| 176r | A charm for toothache |
Latin prose |
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| 176v | Epistola Sancti Saluatoris |
Latin prose. |
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| 176v | Prayer |
Latin prose. |
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| 176v-177r | English indulgence and Latin prayer |
Prose. |
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| 177v-178r | Prayer of the five joys and five sorrows of Mary |
Prose. |
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| 178r | Psalmus Voce mea ad dominum clamaui (and collect) |
Latin. |
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| 178r-v | Five prayers to the worship of the five wounds of Christ |
Latin prose. |
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| 179r-189r | The Previte off the Passioune |
2616 | Translation of part of Bonaventure. Prose, with three final rhyming lines. |
| 189v-191v | Tract of William Nassyngton |
11 | |
| 191v | Lyric prayer of thanksgiving |
1954 | |
| 191v | Lyric prayer |
246 | Joined to the following item |
| 191v | Lyric morning prayer |
1950.5 | Joined to the item above, probably forming a single item |
| 191v-192r | Lyric prayer to Jesus |
1757 | |
| 192r-193v | Richard Rolle, on the virtues of the Holy Name of Jesus |
Prose. |
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| 193v | Narracio attributed to Rolle |
Prose. |
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| 193v | Prayer attributed to Rolle |
Latin prose. |
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| 193v-194r | Ympnus quem composuit Sanctus Ambrosius et est ualde bonus |
Latin. |
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| 194r | De imperfecta contricione |
Prose. |
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| 194r-v | Richard Rolle's 'The Bee and the Stork' |
Prose. |
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| 194v-195r | De uita cuiusdam puelle incluse propter amorem christi |
Prose. |
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| 195r | Richardus hermyta |
Latin prose. |
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| 195r | Item inferius idem Richardus |
Latin prose. |
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| 195v-196r | Treatise on the Ten Commandments, drawn from Richard Rolle |
Prose. |
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| 196r-v | Treatise on the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost |
Prose. |
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| 196v | Richard Rolle's 'Desire and Delight' |
Prose. |
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| 197r-209v | The Mirror of St. Edmund the Archbishop of Canterbury |
Prose. |
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| 209v-211r | Tractatus de dominica oratione |
Prose. |
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| 211r-v | Religious verse |
1692 | |
| 211v-212r | Prayer to the Trinity |
775 | |
| 212r | Prayer |
Prose and verse. |
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| 212r-v | A meditation on the five wounds of Christ with a prayer |
Latin. |
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| 212v-213r | A meditation on the Cross of Christ with a prayer |
Latin. |
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| 213r-v | When Adam delfe |
3921 | |
| 213v | Prayer |
1674 | |
| 213v-218v | The Lay Folk's Catechism |
406 | |
| 219r-v | A song of love to Jesus |
1781 | |
| 219v-221v | Walter Hilton's 'Of Angels' Song' |
Prose. |
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| 222r-v | Richard Rolle's 'þi ioy be ilke a dele' |
3730 | |
| 223r-229v | Walter Hilton's 'Epistle on the Mixed Life' |
Prose. |
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| 229v-230v | From Walter Hilton's 'Scale of Perfection' |
Prose. |
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| 231r-233v | Of St. John the Evangelist |
2608 | |
| 233v-236v | On prayer |
Prose. |
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| 237r-250v | The Holy Book Gracia Dei |
Prose. Treated as several treatises. |
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| 250v-258r | A revelation showed to a holy woman |
Prose. |
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| 258r-v | Psalm |
Latin. |
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| 258v | Veni Creator Spiritus |
Latin. |
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| 258v-270v | St. Jerome's Psalter and Office |
Latin prose. |
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| 271r-276r | The Abbey of the Holy Ghost |
Prose. |
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| 276v-277r | The Prick of Conscience |
3482 | Lines 438-551. |
| 277v | Oracio de VII Gaudia |
Latin verse and prose. |
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| 277v-278r | Salutation to Our Lady of her Five Joys |
Latin |
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| 278r-279r | Prayers and anthems |
Latin prose and verse. |
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| 279r-v | Earth upon Earth |
704 | B-text. |
| 279v | Medical recipe for Sciatica |
Prose. |
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| 280r-321v | Liber de diuersis medicinis |
Prose. |