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This collection of English binding fragments was given to NYU by Homer Lewis Bartlett (1858-1940), who graduated in 1884 from NYU with a degree in Science and Civil Engineering; he married Clarice Sherman Noble in 1892; they had five children.
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by 1902, he was second vice-president of the Eastern District Savings Bank. De Ricci states that the collection (of 101 fragments with 70 others laid into the album) was given to NYU in 1884 (the same year in which Homer L. Bartlett graduated).
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s. XIV; 1300-1399
14. century
1300Gregorian
1399Gregorian
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Script, ff. 1-4v: Anglicana quadrata.
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Layout, ff. 1-4v: 2 columns of 39 lines, ruled in lead with a center rule midway between the 2 columns.
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Bibliography: De Ricci, p. 1346.
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ff. 1-4v: Box-shaped letter A; broken angles.
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ff. 1-4v: For an essentially correct alphabetical order, read the four leaves in this order: Fragment 033r-v (Medicinam, Medio mundi, Melius est mortuus, Melius est modic., Memor, Memores, Memoria), Fragment 035r-v (Memoria erit trium graduum, Memores debemus, Memoria mortis, Mendax), Fragment 032r-v (Mensa, Mensurare, Merces), Fragment 034r-v (Mentitur homo proximo, Mentitur homo si ipsi...
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Explicit, ff. 1-4v: <Frag. 033, recto; added in a later hand in the margin, xiii> Medicinam accipientem tria oportet facere. Primum est quod propter amaritudinem eam accipere non recuset, quia licet sit amara tamen utilis est et necessaria, sic licet confessio sit pudorosa, contritio angustosa, satisfaccio laboriosa, non tamen sunt hec propter hec dimittenda, quia sine hiis non est anime...
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The class for Middle English paleography, taught by Prof. Christopher Baswell in Spring term, 2018, identified scripts in blitz sessions at the end of term; we thank these students very much.
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28 June 2023
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28 June 2023
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