English motto twice written at end: "[dyuynydy?] for my herte ys for I knowe no wose" Binding: Early 18th century English paneled calf Layout: Frame-ruled in ink; two columns of 38 to 40 lines; written area: 198 x 140 mm Script: Cursive gothic Script: Scribe: Henry of Kampen Decoration: Three gold initials on red and blue grounds with foliate designs in white, slight borders of trefoils and ivy leaves in gold around the pages; other initials in red or blue; paragraph marks in red; rubrication throughout; some marginalia Provenance: Written by Henry, warden of the parish church of Kampen, Flanders, 1415; in England by ca. 1500; Sale, Henkels, Philadelphia; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
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