The New Testament, Wycliffite version ; Lessons and Epistles (DS12667) (Q53811)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of California, Berkeley (991035265079706532, BANC MS UCB 128, https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/1thfj9n/alma991035265079706532)
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| English | The New Testament, Wycliffite version ; Lessons and Epistles (DS12667) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of California, Berkeley (991035265079706532, BANC MS UCB 128, https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/1thfj9n/alma991035265079706532) |
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Bible
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Manuscripts, English (Middle English)--California--Berkeley
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Manuscrits médiévaux--Californie--Berkeley
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Manuscripts, Medieval--California--Berkeley
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Middle English; translated from the Latin Vulgate
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139-
14. century
1390Gregorian
1390Gregorian
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Extent: 260 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 282-284 x 182 (189 x 123) mm, bound to 292 x 188 mm
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Front pastedown, pasted in and written in pen, "L.J. III. 6." Front free endpaper, in ink, "Lyonel Tollemache. This manuscript was in the Old Library at Helmingham. N.B. Collated. The new Testament perfect, The Lessons imperfect." Pen markings on fol. 125 r and fol. 131r. Erasure (ownership signature?) on bottom of fol. 254r. More erasures on top of fol. 261r, as well as doodles and erasure on...
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Ms. codex.
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Title devised by cataloger.
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Collation: Parchment, fol. i + 261 + i; 16 (missing first fol.) 2-178 186 19-338 344 ( -1); quires of the calendar are unsigned; quires of the Bible are signed a-z (with the sequence o-p-q repeated); catchwords in decorative frames at end of quire.
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Layout: 2 columns of 32-34 lines per page; frame-ruled in ink with double lines at top, bottom, and margins for running title and marginal finding aids. Some prickings visible.
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Script: Gothic script, with addition of Anglo-Saxon letter thorn.
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Decoration: 14 7- to- 8-line illuminated initials on square gold ground with full borders with gold decoration; 13 6- to 8-line parti-colored blue and red initials with full borders of red and blue pen-flourishing; 3-line initials in alternating blue and gold with red or lavender. Many initials rubbed.
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Binding: English tan calf, 16th century; narrow band borders of black and white enamel pigment within gold rules; inner panel with central medallion, all in gilt with enamel pigment scrollwork; two side clasps catching in back. Title on spine: "M.S. New Testam. & Lessons out of the Old Testament. Helmingham." Binding attributed to the "Morocco binder;" see Nixon, H.M. "Elizabethan gold-tooled...
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Origin: Produced in England in the last decade of the 14th century for a noble patron.
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Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, MS UCB 128.
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Former shelfmark: Berkeley, CA The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, 2MS BS135.4.W93.
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20 September 2024
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20 September 2024
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