Brasenose College MS. 10

Language(s): Middle English

The New Testament according to the later version of Wycliffe

In the following order: The four gospels, St Paul's Epistles, The dedis of Apostlis, The Catholic epistles, The Apocalypse. Early marginal corrections.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Parchment

254 leaves [+ 4 later paper flyleaves]

Dimensions (leaf): 182 × 130 mm.

Layout

Ruled for 2 columns, 33 lines per page. Written space 140 × 90 mm.

Hand(s)

Textura.

Decoration

Decorative initials in blue ink with penwork extensions in red ink, some phrases touched in yellow

Binding

17th century calf, rebacked.

History

Origin: First half of 15th century ; England, probably London.

Provenance and Acquisition

Manuscript inscription on flyleaf: "Liber Aulae Regiae & Collegij de Brasenose: Ex dono Eduardi Hill Vicarij de Huddersfield in Comitat: Ebor." Edward Hill, 1589-1669, presumably given to Brasenose after 1635 when his son matriculated. Previous shelfmark: J.2.15.

Record Sources

Description by Sophie Floate. Previously described in H. O. Coxe, Catalogus codicum mss. qui in collegiis aulisque oxoniensibus hodie adservantur, II (1852) [sections separately paginated], Brasenose, pp. 2-3

Bibliography

Solopova, Elizabeth. Manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible in the Bodleian and Oxford College Libraries. Liverpool, 2016. Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies No. 47

Rand, Kari Anne, ed. Index of Middle English Prose: Index to Volumes I to XX. Boydell & Brewer, 2014. .

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

2023: First online publication.

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