– Cotton MS. Vespasian Aiii in the library of the British Museum. (F) – Fairfax MS. 14, Bodleian Library. West Midland version written in the late 14th century in Lancashire. Although the Fairfax manuscript contains about 6,000 lines less than the Cotton manuscript, it has also some unique additions. (G) – Göttingen MS. Theol. 107, Göttingen University Library. (T) – Trinity MS. R.3.8, Trinity College Library, Cambridge. (E) – Edinburgh, Library of the Royal College of Physicians. (H) – Heralds’ College of Arms, MS Arundel 57, British Museum, London. Late 14th century consisting of Cursor Mundi and Richard of Hampole's Prick of Conscience. (L) – MS. Laud Misc. 416, Bodleian Library, Oxford. (B) – Bedford MS or alternatively Additional 36983, British Library, London. 15th century (1442) manuscript containing a number of devotional texts in addition to the Cursor Mundi (e.g. the Prick of Conscience, the Abbey of the Holy Ghost and the Three Kings of Cologne). Additional 31042, British Library, London. Mid 15th Century manuscript copied by Robert Thornton. Modern editions Northern The first modern edition of the Cursor Mundi was published in six volumes by the Reverend Richard Morris between 1874 and 1892 under the auspices of the Early English Text Society series. Morris and his associates transcribed five manuscripts, four of which represent Northern or North Midland dialects, hence becoming known as the 'Northern' edition. Different segments of the poem were presented in volumes 1 to 5, with additional materials in volume 6. 1874: Part 1, lines 1-4954 1875: Part II, lines 4955-12558 1876: Part III, lines 12559-19300 1877: Part IV, lines 19301-23826 1878: Part V, lines 23827-29527 (end). 1892: Part VI, Preface, Notes, Glossary, Index of names etc. According to Morris, publishing the four manuscripts (C, F, G and T) together meant “quadrupling the value of the text, not only as a subject for linguistic study, but also as an instance of how scribes dealt with their early originals”. Also, because the manuscripts are presented side by side (i.e. four columns across two pages, allowing a line-by-line comparison), “the four texts give an opportunity for comparison of form and word such as no other existing English book affords, except perhaps some editions of parts of the Bible”. In addition to the four main manuscripts, the Northern edition cites most, but not all, of the other manuscripts listed above. It also cites Cotton Galba E 9, but this