(Q43812)
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Mirrour of the blessed lyf of Jesu Christi
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Love, Nicholas, active 1410
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Ingilby, William Henry, 1874-1950
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Jesus Christ--Biography--Early works to 1800
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Devotional literature, English (Middle)
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between 1400 and 1450
15. century
1400Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 107 : parchment ; 196 x 280 mm
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Nicholas Love's translation of the Mirrour of the blessed lyf of Jesu Christi, written in England in the first half of the fifteenth century.
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Span folios: ff. 1-107v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1-138 142(+3, flyleaf). Catchwords in scrolls; quire and leaf signatures as letters and arabic numerals, some worn or trimmed away. 32 long lines, ruled in ink; top and bottom 2 lines full across; pricking visible in outer margins of most leaves. Written in an anglicana formata script; final motto, f. 106, in textura. The same scribe copied...
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Decoration: 6-line initial, f. 2v, and 4-line initial, f. 4v, each parted red and blue; 4-line blue initial with simple void white design on f. 97; 3- or 2-line initials in blue begin the chapters. Alternating red and blue paragraph marks; running title and marginal notes in the hand of the scribe. Biblical texts underscored in red.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/31/2012.
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Said by E. M. Thompson, The Carthusian Order in England (London 1930), 331 and 339, to have once belonged to Mount Grace because of its later Ingilby ownership; however, the manuscript seems to have entered the Ingilby library at a relatively late date, given the frequence of other sixteenth century ownership notes. Notes and pen trials include: a 15th inscription on f. 21, in plummet...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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