TitleExplicit, [f. 251r]
NamesWycliffe, John, -1384 (Associated name)
CollectionRenaissance and medieval manuscripts collection
Bible, New Testament
Dates / OriginDate Created: 1400 - 1425Place: England
Library locationsManuscripts and Archives DivisionShelf locator: MssCol 2557Shelf locator: MA 65
GenresReligious booksManuscripts
NotesOwnership: Early owners: John Powndell, John Oxburg, Thomas Stateville, J. S. Linden. Given 1788 by Walter Taylor to Rev. William Romaine, and in 1841 by Mrs. Romaine to J. B. Storry. Lenox collection.Content: De Ricci places this manuscript in the 15th century; Dr. Guest places it in the early 15th century. Professor Paul Acker dates it to ca. 1430.Content: Later version, containing on ff. 119-121v an additional and otherwise unknown prologue to the Epistle to the Romans, possibly of Wycliffite authorship; the table lists lections from the Old Testament as well as those from the epistles and gospels.Content: De Ricci, 1325. Chart by Dr. G.B. Guest. Library dossier.Content: In Rules for Finding Lessons (ff. 1-12v), 34-6 lines in six columns. In main text, 35 lines in two columns. Ruled in pencil. Catchwords and prickings still visible.Content: Large blue initials on gold fields or gold initials on red/blue fields, with long extensions into margins. Smaller blue initials with red penwork. Blue placemarkers. Rubrics. Notes of chapter number in upper margin.Content: ParchmentContent: We thank Professor Paul Acker for his notes on this manuscript.
Type of ResourceTextText
IdentifiersNYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12455533MSS Unit ID: 2557RLIN/OCLC: NYPW89-A695Digital Scriptorium 1.0 ID: NYPL MA 065Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 90854160-c5cb-012f-bfcc-58d385a7bc34
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