| Date of origin | Late fourteenth or early fifteenth century |
| Place of origin | West Midlands |
| Material | Parchment |
| Dimensions | Width: 570mm | Height: 395mm |
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| Notes |
For a more detailed list of contents, see the manuscript's catalogue entry. |
| Folio | Content item | IMEV | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| ir-iiir | Index |
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| iiiv-viiir | Aelred of Rievaulx, De Institutione Inclusarum |
Middle English translation. Prose. |
|
| 1r-80v | South English Legendary |
IMEV 3973, 213, 4173, 2304, 4266, 3813, 2912, 3068, 2896, 2850, 3067, 2950, 2866, 2839, 3052, 3066, 2951, 3026, 2910, 2960, 2889, 2880, 2861, 2949, 2871, 3035, 2874, 2990, 2989, 791, 1859, 3384, 1911, 483, 1546, 2106, 2120, 2647, 396, 3664, 578, 3766, 3767, 719, 409, 126, 443, 2844, 2905, 3004, 3042, 2841, 2838, 2867, 3037, 2945, 3046, 3041, 2837, 3060, 2955, 2987, 2994, 3030, 2876, 2918, 3156, 209, 3091, 2883, 3036, 2878, 2957, 2915, 2991, 2858, 2906, 2891, 2017, 3029, 2922, 2953, 2958, 2899, 2875, 2954, 2848, 3033, 2961, 2127, 3063, 3059, 2932, 4171. Some leaves missing at the end. |
|
| 89r-104v | Smaller Vernon collection |
IMEV 717.5, 1110, 1613, 422, 3186, 421, 2863, 2855, 3188, 39, 1465. 11 leaves are missing at the end. |
|
| 105r-105v | La Estorie del Evangelie |
3194 | ff. 106-113 lost. |
| 114r | J. Maydestone's paraphrase of Psalm 51 |
2157 | |
| 114r-116r | Prayers and confessions |
IMEV 775, 3231, 1684, 2110, 3883, 1372, 1122, 1967, 1970, 1030, 965, 2116, 975, 1959, 1969, 1602. |
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| 116r-v | Hours of the Cross |
701 | Latin and English. |
| 116v | Veni creator spiritus |
639 | Latin and English. |
| 116v | The sweetness of Jesus |
1781 | |
| 117r | A prayer to Jesus |
1752 | |
| 117r-121v | Psalterium Beatae Mariae |
1060 | Latin and English. |
| 121v-122v | Salutations and prayers |
IMEV 2038, 1759, 2118, 1031. |
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| 123r-124r | Psalterium Beatae Mariae |
1057 | Latin and English. |
| 124r-126v | Miracles |
IMEV 1984, 4136, 971, 1966, 1713, 423, 1477, 69, 90. ff. 127-166 missing. |
|
| 167r-227v | Northern Homily Cycle |
IMEV 323, 2996, 4226, 3790, 26, 3018, 3623, 2084, 1641, 3951, 3789, 1642, 3991, 4214, 3289, 539, 3393, 284, 2977, 1094, 3492, 1880, 2134, 3395, 3954, 2930, 3012, 3317, 3021, 45, 3740, 306, 1494, 97, 3290, 1912, 314, 1519, 89, 2971, 3865, 1862, 43, 3013, 3784, 2968, 3288, 2939, 96, 2999, 416, 2970, 290, 1100, 1878, 1096, 1348, 2941, 3298, 2938, 32, 1797, 3592, 289, 1782, 2712, 1667, 3833, 2020, 2928, 2937, 40, 3741, 385, 2301, 4250, 937, 3683, 3739, 3791, 1118, 3816, 2976, 3708, 3003, 2965, 2969, 1657, 1136, 1482, 3002, 3738, 25, 2978, 291, 3829, 1646, 1117, 1144, 1648, 1469, 3009, 1647, 1521, 414, 286, 3591, 2907, 2935, 2859, 3020, 79, 3590, 2094, 2940, 1643, 3952, 2944, 1095, 3316, 3663, 1099, 1090, 188, 1783, 3105, 1109, 3841, 1763, 2928, 1765, 1784, 1696, 4226, 1476, 3839, 2972, 1712, 395, 3326, 2720, 1745, 1102, 1537, 1462. |
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| 227v-230r | How a man shall live perfectly (from Speculum S. Edmundi) |
1512 | |
| 230r | The visions of St. Paul when he was rapt into paradise |
1898 | |
| 231r-v | The Golden Trental |
1653 | |
| 231v | Pater noster |
Latin and English in tabular form. |
|
| 231v-265r | William Nassyngton's 'Speculum vitae' |
245 | |
| 265r-284r | The Prick of Conscience |
3428 | |
| 284r-286r | The Prick of Love |
974 | |
| 286r-291v | Dialogues |
IMEV 351, 1869, 3247. |
|
| 291v-293r | The right pit of Hell (from the legend of St Michael) |
3453 | |
| 293r-296v | Robert Grosseteste's 'The Castle of Love' |
3270 | |
| 296v-297v | Ypotys |
3270 | |
| 297v-298r | Three messengers of Death |
3419 | |
| 298r-299r | A song of love-longing to Jesus |
3238 | |
| 299r | A little treatise of love of God's passion |
1695 | |
| 299r-v | Of clean maidenhood to be wed cleanly to God |
2605 | |
| 299v-300r | A mourning song of the love of God |
3760 | |
| 300r | Sermon |
419 | |
| 300r-301r | Robert of Cisyle | 2780 | 444 lines. |
| 301r-302r | Dialogues |
IMEV 1887, 167. |
|
| 302v-303v | John Lydgate's 'How men should hear mass' |
4276 | |
| 303v-304r | The Golden Trental |
1653 | |
| 304r-v | St Bernard's sayings |
2865 | |
| 304v-307r | King of Tars | 1108 | 1122 lines. |
| 307r-309v | Proverbs |
3501 | Proverbs of prophets, poets and saints. French and English. |
| 309v-314r | Distichs of Cato |
247 | Latin, French and English. |
| 314r-315v | The Stations of Rome |
1962 | |
| 315v-316v | Dispute between the Blessed Virgin and the Cross |
2718 | |
| 317r-v | The Pistill of Susan |
3553 | |
| 317v-318r | The Long Charter of Christ (A text) |
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| 319r-334r | Stimulus Amoris |
Prose. |
|
| 334r | Nine points most pleasing to God |
Prose |
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| 334r | Christ's Appeal to Man |
3826 | |
| 334r-v | Richard Rolle's 'The Commandment' |
Prose. |
|
| 334v-338r | Richard Rolle's 'Form of perfect living' |
4056 | Prose. |
| 338r-339r | Richard Rolle's 'Ego dormio' |
Prose, with IMEV 2250, 2270. |
|
| 339r-342v | Psalms |
Prose. |
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| 343v-353v | Walter Hilton's 'The Scale of Perfection' |
Prose. |
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| 353v-356r | Walter Hilton's 'An Epistle on Mixed Life' |
Prose. |
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| 356r-359v | The Mirror of St Edmund |
2320 | Prose, with IMEV 2320. |
| 359v-361r | The Abbey of the Holy Ghost |
Prose. |
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| 361r-363v | The Charter of this Abbey |
Prose. |
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| 363v-366v | Spiritu Gwydonis |
Prose. |
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| 366v-367v | Forms of confession |
Prose. |
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| 367v-371v | A Talking of the Love of God |
Prose. |
|
| 371v-392r | Ancrene Riwle/ Ancrene Wisse |
3568 | Prose, with IMEV 3568. |
| 392r-393r | The Pains of Sin and Joys of Heaven |
Prose. |
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| 393r-394v | The Life of Adam and Eve |
Prose. |
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| 394v-401v | William Langland's 'Piers Plowman' (A text) |
1459 | |
| 403r-404v | Joseph of Arimathia |
Prose. |
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| 404v-405r | South English Legendary: Judas |
1809 | |
| 405r-406r | South English Legendary: Pilate |
2755 | |
| 407r-412r | 'Vernon' lyrics |
IMEV 583, 1448, 2302, 678, 2280, 1455, 3996, 1379, 3420, 872, 562, 1402, 374, 4158, 4157, 1596, 2607, 2108, 5, 4268, 606, 2790, 1443, 563, 3925, 1532, 1081. |