| Date of origin | 1446-60 |
| Place of origin | South-East or South-East Midlands |
| Material | Paper |
| Dimensions | Width: 140mm | Height: 210mm |
| Notes |
Two independent MSS, Cotton Vespasian D. viii and Vespasian D. xxi were bound together before 1654 to create this volume. Only the first part (the former Vespasian D. viii) is recorded here. Only the folios containing the Siege of Jerusalem have been digitised. |
| Folio | Content item | IMEV | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3r-5r | 'The Pistill of Susan' |
3553 | |
| 5v–13r | Sir Eglamour of Artois | 1725 | 1311 lines. |
| 13v | Four recipes against cholic and the gravel |
Prose. |
|
| 14r-15v | John Lydgate's 'Stans puer ad mensam' |
2233 | |
| 15v-16v | John Lydgate's 'Dietary' |
824 | |
| 17r-22r | John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' |
2784 | |
| 22v–35r | Octavian | 1774 | Southern version. 1962 lines. |
| 35v-42v | Sir Launfal | 567 | Unique copy. 1044 lines. |
| 42v-57r | Libeaus Desconus | 1690 | |
| 57v-58r | O mors quam amara est memoria tua |
2411 | Elegy for the tomb of Lord Cromwell, d. 1454. |
| 58v | The Ten Commandments |
3345 | |
| 59r-64r | John Lydgate's 'The Nightingale' |
931 | |
| 64v-65r | John Lydgate's 'Deus in nomine tuo salvum me fac' |
951 | |
| 65v-66v | Medical recipe against pestilence |
Prose. |
|
| 67r-v | For þe better abyde |
1355 | |
| 68r | All way fond to say þe best |
3371 | |
| 68v | þonke god of all |
562 | |
| 69r | Make amendes |
563 | |
| 69v-70r | Form of confession |
Prose. |
|
| 70v | John Audley, Orison to Christ of the Wounds |
1701 | |
| 71r-76v | Emaré | Unique copy. 1035 lines. |
|
| 77r-79r | The Long Charter of Christ, B-text |
4154 | |
| 79v-83r | Ypotis |
220 | |
| 83r-86v | The Stations of Rome |
1172 | |
| 86v-88r | Trentale Sancti gregorij |
83 | |
| 88r-88v | Urbanitatis |
4153 | |
| 89r | Prayer of thanksgiving for the Redemption |
256 | |
| 89r-91r | Quindecim signa |
1823 | |
| 91r | A song of love to the Blessed Virgin Mary |
3836 | |
| 91v-95r | Owayne myles |
982 | |
| 95v-107v | Tundale |
1724 | |
| 107v-108r | Veni coronaberis |
3225 | |
| 108r-108v | Myn owene woo |
1511 | |
| 109r-110v | Chronicle (from Brutus to Edward IV) |
Latin prose. Extended to Richard III by two later hands. |
|
| 111r-125r | Siege of Jerusalem | 1583 | Fragmentary: lacks lines 167-248, on a lost leaf after f. 112. |
| 125v-129v | Cheuelere Assigne | 272 | Unique copy. 370 lines. |
| 130r–134r | Sir Isumbras | 1184 | 798 lines. |
| 134v | John Lydgate's 'Quinque vulnera' |
3845 | |
| 135r | Quinque Gaudia |
1046 | |
| 135v-137r | Jerome (from the South English Legendary) |
2922 | |
| 137v-139v | Eustache (from the South English Legendary) |
2894 |