| Date of origin | 1400-1425 |
| Place of origin | Northern |
| Material | Parchment |
| Dimensions | Width: 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 |
| 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) |
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| 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 |