Auchinleck Manuscript - Contents

Contents

The Auchinleck manuscript is a codex of medieval narratives ranging from Saints' vitae to conversion tales. The order of the contents (and respective folio numbers) is as follows:

  • The Legend of Pope Gregory (ff.1r-6v)
  • f.6Ar / f.6Av (thin stub)
  • The King of Tars (ff.7ra-13vb) Middle English text
  • The Life of Adam and Eve (E ff.1ra-2vb; ff.14ra-16rb)
  • Seynt Mergrete (ff.16rb-21ra)
  • Seynt Katerine (ff.21ra-24vb)
  • St Patrick's Purgatory (ff.25ra-31vb)
  • þe Desputisoun Bitven þe Bodi and þe Soule (ff.31vb-35ra stub)
  • The Harrowing of Hell (ff.?35rb-?37rb or 37va stub)
  • The Clerk who would see the Virgin (ff.?37rb or 37va stub-38vb)
  • Speculum Gy de Warewyke (ff.39ra-?48rb stub)
  • Amis and Amiloun (ff.?48rb stub-?61va stub)
  • The Life of St Mary Magdalene (ff.?61Ava stub-65vb)
  • The Nativity and Early Life of Mary (ff.65vb-69va)
  • On the Seven Deadly Sins (ff.70ra-72ra)
  • The Paternoster (ff.72ra-?72rb or ?72va stub)
  • The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (?72rb or ?72va stub-78ra)
  • Sir Degarè (ff.78rb-?84rb stub) Middle English text
  • The Seven Sages of Rome (ff.?84rb stub-99vb)
  • Gathering missing (c1400 lines of text)
  • Floris and Blancheflour (ff.100ra-104vb) Middle English text
  • The Sayings of the Four Philosophers (ff.105ra-105rb)
  • The Battle Abbey Roll (ff.105v-107r)
  • f.107Ar / f.107Av (thin stub)
  • Guy of Warwick (couplets) (ff.108ra-146vb)
  • Guy of Warwick (stanzas) (ff.145vb-167rb)
  • Reinbroun (ff.167rb-175vb)
  • leaf missing.
  • Sir Beues of Hamtoun Text ( (ff.176ra-201ra)
  • Of Arthour & of Merlin (ff.201rb-256vb)
  • þe Wenche þat Loved þe King (ff.256vb-256A thin stub)
  • A Peniworþ of Witt (ff.256A stub-259rb)
  • How Our Lady's Sauter was First Found (ff.259rb-260vb)
  • Lay le Freine text (ff.261ra-262A thin stub)
  • Roland and Vernagu (ff.?262va stub-267vb)
  • Otuel a Knight (ff.268ra-277vb)
  • Many leaves lost, but some recovered as fragments.
  • Kyng Alisaunder (L f.1ra-vb; S A.15 f.1ra-2vb; L f.2ra-vb; ff.278-9)
  • The Thrush and the Nightingale (ff.279va-vb)
  • The Sayings of St Bernard (f.280ra)
  • Dauid þe King (ff.280rb-280vb)
  • Sir Tristrem (ff.281ra-299A thin stub)
  • Sir Orfeo (ff.299A stub-303ra)
  • The Four Foes of Mankind (f.303rb-303vb)
  • The Anonymous Short English Metrical Chronicle (ff.304ra-317rb)
  • Horn Childe & Maiden Rimnild (ff.317va-323vb)Middle English text
  • leaf missing.
  • Alphabetical Praise of Women (ff.324ra-325vb)
  • King Richard (f.326; E f.3ra-vb; S R.4 f.1ra-2vb; E f.4ra-vb; f.327)
  • Many leaves lost.
  • þe Simonie (ff.328r-334v)

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