Pledge note naming "henrico matthew" on f376v in a contemporary hand.

Second parchment front flyleaf recto contains a note on the death of "myne uncle Oliver Godfraye" on 2 September 1550. Parchment bifolium (8 x 6 mm.) containing entries on events from 1297 to 1341 sewn onto flyleaf below the note. Verso contains ownership inscription of John Burns dated September 24, 1921 with slip recording auction sale 19 July 1928 pasted in below.

Account fragment in a contemporary secretary hand pasted in on f12r.

Fragments of the first printed edition of John Gower's Confessio Amantis, printed by William Caxton in Westminster 2 September 1483, (almost one full leaf, d4, Goff G-329) pasted in on f13r. Annotation in pencil below by Sebastian Evans.

Bookplate of Sebastian Evans on front pastedown.

Bookplate of Harold Douthit on front pastedown.

Layout: single columns of 30-42 lines.

Script: secretary hand.

Decoration: rubricated. Two-line initials of blue with red penwork. Pythagorean diagram in red and black tipped in at f88v.

Binding: contemporary leather over beveled wooden boards with two straps and nielloed clasps and catches; repaired and restored in the twentieth century.

In Latin.

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 10976

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, XI, page 142

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, G-329

Incunabula short title catalogue, ig00329000

Ranulf Higden, Polychronicon. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven.

World history > Early works to 1800.

Great Britain > History > Early works to 1800.

Manuscripts, Medieval - England - 15th century.

Incunabula.

England London.