[Verse and prose in Latin and Middle English].[ca. 1450-1475]latenmManuscript, on vellum and paper, in several hands, containing a collection of texts in Latin and Middle English. Almost two-thirds of the volume consists of an untitled collection of Latin sermons, followed by a Latin verse text, Stimulus compassionis. Middle English texts include The three kings of Cologne, a devotional work in prose; Prester John, a travel narrative; John Lydgate's Middle English poem Stans puer ad mensam; and the Middle English verses The myrour of mankind and The treatise of a gallantIn Latin and Middle English.Title devised by cataloger.Most of the volume is parchment; 15 leaves toward the end of the volume are paper.Bookseller's description tipped in at front of volume.Spine title in gilt: M. S. Vellum.Layout: single columns of 26-31 lines.Script: several English cursive bookhands (Anglicana and secretary).Decoration: numerous initials in blue with red penwork.Binding: early eighteenth-century sheep over pasteboards. Nineteenth-century green morocco case with spine title: Ancient English Poetry M. S.