| In primis onerat se de x li. vj s. viij d. receptis de Ricardo Shawe per Indenturam. | |
| Item onerat se de xx s. receptis de corpore prebende Edmundi Clouille. | |
| Item onerat se de l s. receptis de dicto Edmundo pro officio suo videlicet Precentoris. | |
| Summa totalis receptorum xiij li. xvj s. viij d. | |
| In xix quaternionibus pergamenti vituli emptis pro libro Euangelij precio quaternionis viij d. | xij s. viij d. |
| Item solutum pro uno botello ad imponendum Incaustum | x d. |
| Item solutum pro incausto | xiiij d. |
| Item pro vermulione | ix d. |
| Item pro communibus scriptoris pro xviijo. septimanis solutum per septimanam x d. | xv s. |
| Item pro stipendio dicti scriptoris per idem tempus | xiij s. iiij d. |
| Item solutum Ade Acton ad notandum "Liber generacionis" et "Passion[es]" in dicto libro[[232]] | viij d. |
| Item pro examinacione et ad faciendum literas capitales gloucas [for glaucas] | iij s. |
| Item pro illuminacione dicti libri | iij s. iiij d. |
Item pro ligacione dicti libri | iij s. iiij d. |
| Item auri fabro pro operacione sua | xx s. |
| Item in uno equo conducto pro Petro Jon per ij vices London pro dicto libro portando et querendo | viij d. |
| Item pro expensis dicti Petri per ij vices | xj d. |
| Summa lxxv s. viij d. | |
| Item in vij quaternionibus pergamenti vituli emptis pro libro Martilogij precio quaternionis viij d. | iiij s. viij d. |
| et non plures quia staur[o]. | |
| Item pro scriptura xij quaternionum precio quaternionis xv d. | xv s. |
| Item pro illuminacione dicti libri | v s. x d. |
| Item pro ligacione dicti libri | ij s. ij d. |
| Item ad faciendum literas capitales gloucas | viij d. |
| Summa xxviij s. iiij d. | |
| Item in xxxiiij quaternionibus pergamenti vituli emptis pro vno Anthiphonario precio quaternionis xv d. | xlij s. vj d. |
| Item xij quaterniones de stauro | |
| Item pro scriptura xl. quaternionum pro nota precio quaternionis xv d. | l s. |
| Item pro scriptura vj quaternionum de phalterio[[233]] precio quaternionis ij s. ij d. | xiij s. |
| Item ad notandum antiphonas in phalterio | vj d. |
| Item ad notandum xl. quaterniones pro antiphonis precio vj d. | xx s. |
| Item ad faciendum literas capitales gloucas | xij d. |
| Item pro illuminacione | xv s. xj d. |
| Item pro ligacione | v s. |
| Summa vij li. vij s. xj d. | |
| Item in xlvj quaternionibus pergamenti multonis emptis pro iij libris processionalium precio quaternionis ij d. ob. | ix s. vij d. |
| Item pro scriptura dictarum xlvj quaternionum | xv s. |
| Item ad notandum dictas quaterniones | vij s. vj d. |
| Item pro illuminacione | ij s. ix d. |
| Item pro ligacione | ij s. vj d. |
| Summa xxxvij s. iiij d. | |
Summa Totalis Expensarum xiiij li. ix s. iij d. Et sic debentur computanter xij s. vij d. probatur per auditores quos r[ecepit] de Ricardo Shawe tunc precentore. Et sic equatur." | |
From these accounts we learn that six manuscripts were written, illuminated and bound, one of them with gold or silver clasps or bosses, at a total cost of £14. 9s. 3d., more than £150 in modern value.
The books were a Textus or Evangeliarium, a Martyrologium, an Antiphonale and three Processionals.
| £ | s. | d. | |
| The Evangeliarium was written on 19 quaternions (quires)[[234]] of vellum, costing 8d. each, total | 12 | 8 | |
| Black ink | 1 | 2 | |
| A bottle to hold the ink | 10 | ||
| Vermilion | 9 | ||
| The scribe's "commons" (food) for eighteen weeks | 15 | 0 | |
| Payment to the scribe | 13 | 4 | |
| Corrections and adding coloured initials | 3 | 0 | |
| Illumination | 3 | 4 | |
| Binding | 3 | 4 | |
| Goldsmith's work (on the binding) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Two journeys to London and other smaller items, making a total of £3. 15s. 8d. | |||
| The Martyrologium was partly written on 7 quaternions of vellum[[235]], costing 8d. each quaternion | 4 | 8 | |
| Payment to the scribe | 15 | 0 | |
| Illumination | 5 | 10 | |
| Binding | 2 | 2 | |
| Coloured initials | 8 | ||
| Total | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| The Antiphonale was written on 34 quaternions of larger and more expensive sheets of vellum, costing 15d. a quaternion[[236]] | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Payments to the scribe | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Adding the musical notation | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Coloured initials | 1 | 0 | |
| Illumination | 15 | 11 | |
| Binding | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 7 | 11 |
The three Processionals only cost £1. 17s. 4d., being written on 46 quaternions of cheap parchment made of sheep-skin which cost only 2½d. the quaternion.
| Accounts of St Ewen's, Bristol. |
Accounts of St Ewen's, Bristol.The following extracts from the Parish accounts of the Church of St Ewen, in Bristol[[237]], give some details as to the cost of writing, illuminating and binding a manuscript Lectionary during the years 1469 and 1470. The total expense is £3. 4s. 1d., quite equal to £20 in modern value.
| 1468-9. | |
| "Item, for j dossen and v quayers of vellom to perform the legend [i.e. to write the lectionary on] | xs vjd |
| Item, for wrytyng of the same | xxvs |
| Item, for ix skynnys and j quayer of velom to the same legend | vs vjd |
| Item, for wrytyng of the forseyd legend | iiijs ijd |
| 1470-1471. | |
| Item for a red Skynne to kever the legent | vd |
| Also for the binding and correcting of the seid Boke | vs |
| Also for the lumining of the seid legent | xiijs vjd |