Above is a picture of the first page of the original manuscript, and below the calligraphed facsimile created in 1889. You may click on either of the pictures to see them side-by-side.

Pages beyond the first have never been placed on the Internet, which is a shame, because the inside pages are in much better condition than this page, which served as the cover until it was bound, first in 1757 when George II gave the Old Royal Library containing it to the British Museum^[*], and then rebound into its current binding in c.1839, when Halliwell rediscovered its significance.

Notice that the facsimile copies the original writer's use of red for all headings, highlighting the first letter of each line, and indicating rhyming couplets. This facsimile was commissioned by H.J. Whymper, and was the work of calligraphic artist F. Compton Price.

The calligraphed copy is the same size as the original: 4" x 5½". Since your monitor size and screen resolution would alter any dimensions shown on the screen, click here for a visualization of that size.