The Index of Middle English Prose: Handlist XIX: Manuscripts in the University Library, Cambridge (Dd-Oo): 19

`The Index of Middle English Prose when completed will be a monumental achievement' REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES Cambridge University Library is one of Britain's major repositories of medieval manuscripts. Its two-letter collection (Dd-Oo) includes just over 1,000 medieval western manuscripts, and amongst these may be found examples of everytype of Middle English prose composition. Religious works predominate: there are several copies of the Wycliffite Bible, various sermon cycles, and works by Love, Hilton and Rolle; there is also a vast number of unattributed religious works. Secular texts are represented by the works of Chaucer, Mandeville's Travels, and no fewer than eight copies of the Brut. The collection is also extremely rich in Middle English prose writing in the fields of science and information, preserving medical, gynaecological, veterinary, culinary, alchemical, mathematical, heraldic and linguistic texts. Altogether the current handlist covers 207 manuscripts, and indexes more than 1250 separate items. MARGARET CONNOLLY teaches in the School of English at the University of St Andrews. General Introduction 6 Acknowledgements 8 Abbreviations 10 Introduction 20 Summary List of Contents 26 MS 2 34 MS 7 34 MS 12 36 MS 26 36 MS 32 37 MS 52 39 MS 61 39 MS 100 40 MS 111 42 MS 142 44 MS 143 50 MS 147 53 MS 150 55 MS 156 55 MS 162 56 MS 167 56 MS 174 57 MS 178 58 MS 182 59 MS 188 60 MS 198 61 MS 210 61 MS 233 66 MS 268 67 MS 282 70 MS 296 88 MS 298 99 MS 302 100 MS 303 101 MS 336 102 MS 343 121 MS 354 121 MS 357 123 MS 385 125 MS 387 128 MS 388 134 MS 391 149 MS 392 149 MS 402 150 MS 405 152 MS 410 152 MS 412 154 MS 424 154 MS 434 156 MS 438 159 MS 440 160 MS 443 161 MS 446 161 MS 450 162 MS 456 162 MS 459 162 MS 494 163 MS 511 164 Macaronic Index A: Works in Latin and English 166 Macaronic Index B: Works in French and English 181 Macaronic Index C: Works in Latin, French and English 183 Index of Incipits 184 Index of Acephalous Incipits 196 Index of Reverse Explicits 197 Index of Atelous Explicits 206 Index of Rubrics and Titles 207 General Index 218 Index of Manuscripts Cited 234 BACKCOVER 248 Cambridge University Library is one of Britain's major repositories of medieval manuscripts. Its two-letter collection (Dd-Oo) includes just over 1,000 medieval western manuscripts, and amongst these may be found examples of every type of Middle English prose composition. Religious works predominate: there are several copies of the Wycliffite Bible, various sermon cycles, and works by Love, Hilton and Rolle; there is also a vast number of unattributed religious works. Secular texts are represented by the works of Chaucer, Mandeville's Travels, and no fewer than eight copies of the Brut. The collection is also extremely rich in Middle English prose writing in the fields of science and information, preserving medical, gynaecological, veterinary, culinary, alchemical, mathematical, heraldic and linguistic texts. Altogether the current handlist covers 207 manuscripts, and indexes more than 1250 separate items. MARGARET CONNOLLY teaches in the School of English at the University of St Andrews.