Manuscript

London, British Library, MS Cotton Galba E. ix

Date of origin1400-1425
Place of originNorthern
MaterialParchment
DimensionsWidth: 320mm | Height: 220mm
Notes

Three originally independent manuscripts associated at an early stage. Part I (ff. 3-51) contains Ywain and Gawain.

Part 1: 3r-51v

Part 2: 52r-75v

Part 3: 76r-114v

Contents

Folio Content item IMEV Details
3r

The Siege of Calais

1497

Seven lines only. 

4ra-25rb Ywain and Gawain 259

Unique copy. 4032 lines.

25va-48vb

The Seven Sages

3187
48vb-49rb

On the transitoriness of the world

189
49rb-50vb

The Prophesies of Merlin

1112
50vb-51rb

Narracio de domino denario (Sir Peny)

1480
51va

Appeal of Christ to man (poem on the cross)

110
51va-51vb

Poem on the cross

2080
52ra-52rb

Laurence Minot, ‘The Battle of Halidon Hill’

3801
52va

Laurence Minot, ‘The Battle of Bannockburn Avenged’

3080
52v-53r

Laurence Minot, ‘The Expedition of Edward III to Brabant’

987
53rb-53vb

Laurence Minot, ‘First Invasion of France’

709
53vb-54ra

Laurence Minot, ‘The Sea Fight at Sluys’

2189
54rb-54va

Laurence Minot, ‘The Siege of Tournay’

3796
54vb-55va

Laurence Minot, ‘The Battle of Crecy’

2149
55va-56ra

Laurence Minot, ‘The Siege of Calais’

585
56ra-56vb

Laurence Minot, ‘The Battle of Neville’s Cross’

3117
56vb-57ra

Laurence Minot, ‘The Defeat of the Spaniards’

1401
57ra-57va

Laurence Minot, ‘The Taking of the “Castell of Gynes”’

3899
57va-66vb

The Gospel of Nicodemus

1146
66vb

Not all old things are bad

1146

A sixteenth-century addition.

66vb

A prophecy for 1560

3912.5

A later addition. 

67ra-73va

Book of Penance (from Cursor Mundi)

73vb-75ra

Pater noster and metrical exposition

788

Also found in MSS of Cursor Mundi.

76ra-113ra

The Prick of Conscience

3428
113va

On the properties of a horse

1176

Prose and verse. 

113va-114rb

The Siege of Calais

1497