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University College MS. 181

Contents

1.
Guillaume, de Déguileville, 1295-1360, The pilgrimage of the soul
Language(s): Middle English
2.
Hoccleve, Thomas, 1370?-1450?, Compleynte paramont
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: vellum

Decoration

"Fine borders, fine and other initials. Miniatures pasted in and removed." (Alexander and Temple, p. 54)

Binding

Original leather over bevelled boards sewn into white leather chemise, lined with blue and white striped cloth, metal bosses on upper and lower covers (lacking clasps and pins).

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; England.

Provenance and Acquisition

"olim, anno scilicet 1491, Henrici Percei de N. postea, anno 1577, Roberti Hedrington." (Coxe) "Given in 1490 to dominus Henry Percy, prior of Newnham, Bedfordshire, by his predecessor, Johannis Renhall, fol. 40v. Robert Hendrington, 1577, fol. 1." (Alexander and Temple)

Record Sources

Summary description based on the following sources.

J. J. G. Alexander and Elzbieta Temple, Illuminated manuscripts in Oxford college libraries, the University Archives and the Taylor Institution (Oxford, 1985), Cat. No. 560 [information on decoration and origin]
S. J. Ogilvie-Thomson (ed.), The Index of Middle English Prose VIII: Manuscripts Containing Middle English Prose in Oxford College Libraries (Cambridge, 1991), p. 124

Availability

For permission to use images of this manuscript, please contact University College Library: library@univ.ox.ac.uk

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-01-13: Record created.