Manuscript

London, British Library, MS Egerton 2862 (olim Trentham-Sutherland)

Date of originLate fourteenth century
Place of originSuffolk
MaterialParchment
DimensionsWidth: 275mm | Height: 165mm
Notes

Water damaged and slightly torn. Some pages illegible.

Contents

Folio Content item IMEV Details
1r-44v Richard Coeur de Lion 1979

Begins imperfectly. 7216 lines. 

45r-96v Bevis of Hampton 1993

Marginalia and dialect forms suggest a Suffolk provenance. Lacks final leaf. 

97r-v, 95r-v Sir Degare 1895

Fragments totalling 161 lines.

98r-111r Floris and Blancheflour 2288.8

1083 lines. Lacks beginning but the most complete of the MSS -only about 80 lines missing. 

111v-134r Seege or Batayle of Troye 3139

1828 lines. 

135r-147v Amis and Amiloun 821

Preserves beginning and ending but 332 lines lost after line 1853. 2508 lines.

148r–148v Sir Eglamour of Artois 1725

Contains only the opening 160 lines.