Keywords: Catholicon Anglicum -The manuscript contains the only known complete copy of the Catholicon Anglicum, a bilingual English-Latin dictionary compiled anonymously at some point during the fifte - Lower cover (Add MS 89074).jpg Style Panel design; Caption Lower cover; Colour Brown; Edge Unspecified exhibition history Decorative Technique Tooled in blind; Cover Material Calf Information curtesy of James Freeman parchment sewing guards these stubs come from a range of sources two wills a letter a glossed text and a couple of others but three of them mention settlements in close proximity to Lincoln Gainsborough x2 and Fillingham and to where the manuscript was owned in the 19th century and through to its sale Burton Hall just on the northern outskirts of Lincoln The manuscript was owned by Thomas Flower subchanter of Lincoln Cathedral and fellow of Lincoln College in Oxford who inscribed his name with the date 1520 I think one could argue that the localised source of the parchment strips suggests that the manuscript was bound in Lincoln or nearby “ even that the manuscript was made there Previously the origin of north Yorkshire has been proposed on the basis of linguistic evidence “ but this is a claim from the 19th century edition and may be worth re-evaluating It seems possible that the manuscript has never left the Lincoln area - watermarks I ™ve examined every single leaf for watermarks and found that two similar paper stocks were used The first which contains the watermark of a hand with a line emerging from the middle finger and ending in a six-pointed star was used for quires i-v ff 2-62 It is similar to Briquet no 11154 dated 1482 which fits with the scribal colophon that describes the copying of the manuscript in 1483 The second which follows the same design except that the line ends with a crown is not in Briquet object history Text 1483; England ; Unspecified object type Cc-zero place of creation Binding England place of discovery Unspecified British Library image http //www bl uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage aspx RecordId 020-000020144 ImageId ImageId 58122 Copyright BL Catholicon Anglicum The manuscript contains the only known complete copy of the Catholicon Anglicum a bilingual English-Latin dictionary compiled anonymously at some point during the fifteenth century Only one other copy of the Catholicon Anglicum is known to survive See Digital Manuscripts Uploaded with GWToolset Catholicon Anglicum The manuscript contains the only known complete copy of the Catholicon Anglicum a bilingual English-Latin dictionary compiled anonymously at some point during the fifte - Lower cover Add MS 89074 http //www webarchive org uk/bldatasets/bindings/add_ms_89074_fbrigv jpg Bookbinding 15th-century bookbinding British Library Bookbindings |