Item Summary

Ms. Bible. Middle English, later Wycliffite version.

Descriptive Information

Title
Bible, Middle English.
Call Number
31.7
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/vq27zn490
Publisher
England, [ca. 1410]
Language
Middle English
Date Created
1410
Extent
409 leaves : parchment ; 29 x 20 cm.
Provenance
Provenance: Belonged (temp. Edw. IV) to Richard Mery, of Hatfield, whose granddaughter married Thomas Bowyer, of the Middle Temple (ca. 1588); passed to Sir John Morley, of Halnaker; given (before 1723) by Countess of Derby to the wife of T. Palmer, and passed to his son-in-law, Sir Hugh Acland; belonged in 1850 to Sir Peregrine Acland; obtained from B. Quaritch by John H. Scheide in 1931.
References
De Ricci, p. 2122, no. 12
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Contents
fols. 1-17v: Prologue to Bible.
fols. 17v-22v: Table of Lessons.
fols. 24r-325v: O.T. (Genesis to Maccabees).
fols. 325v-404v: N.T. (Matthew to Revelation).
fols. 403r-404v: Genealogical notes (Mery and Bowyer genealogies).
Notes
Ms. codex.
Decoration: Penwork initial.
Origin: Written in England in the early 15th century.
Binding Note
Early 18th century. English citron morocco.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, English (Middle)—New Jersey—Princeton
Manuscripts—England—15th century
Parchment
Morocco bindings

Physical Characteristics

File Count
826

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/27766d39-41f4-475a-a397-9a7f105f8407/manifest