Item Summary

Bible in Middle English, later Wycliffite version.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Bible].
Call Number
31.7
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/vq27zn490
Publisher
[England], [approximately 1410]
Language
English
Date Created
1410
Format
Manuscript
Extent
406 leaves : parchment ; 290 x 200 mm.
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
1. fol. 1-17v: Prologue to Bible.
2. fol. 17v-22v: Table of Lessons.
3. fol. 24r-325v: O.T. (Genesis to Maccabees).
4. fol. 325v-404v: N.T. (Matthew to Revelation).
5. fol. 403r-404v: Genealogical notes (Mery and Bowyer genealogies).
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title devised by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment ; fol. iii + 406 + ii ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: 60 lines per page in two columns ; ruled.
Description: Running headers in red and blue letters.
Decoration: 2- to 7-line penwork initials of blue and red.
Origin: Written in England in the early 15th century.
Binding Note
Later binding. Early 18th century. English citron morocco. Blind-tooled edging. Marbled paper pastedowns and flyleaves.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, English (Middle)—New Jersey—Princeton

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