MS. Bodl. 183
Summary Catalogue no.: 2084
Contents
Language(s): Middle English
Certain books of the Old Testament and Apocrypha read in the Lessons and Epistles, in Wycliffe's later version: Tobit* (fol. 185), Judith (fol. 192), Esther (fol. 201v), Proverbs (fol. 212), Ecclesiastes (fol. 230v), Song of Songs* (fol. 236v), Wisdom (fol. 239v), Ecclesiasticus* (fol. 252), all with prologues (of the earlier version slightly altered) except those marked with an asterisk.
A list of contents is at fol. 286, and fols. vi-xv are occupied by a 'Kalender of Lessons. Pistlis. & Gospels', 'aftir the vse of Salisbury', for Sundays, weekdays, commemorations and saints' days. The lower text and margins of fols. 89–93 are injured, and the margin only of fols. 111–120.
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols.
Decoration
Fine borders
Fine initials.
Marginal drawings (catchwords). (Pächt and Alexander iii. 806, pl. LXXVIII)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented by Robert Barker, the king's printer, in 1604.
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (6 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Published descriptions:
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-05-07: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.