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MS. Bodl. Rolls 22

Summary Catalogue no.: 30445

Contents

1.
Richard Spalding, Hymn to St. Catherine of Sinai
Language(s): Middle English
2.
Poem on the Five Joys of the Virgin
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: roll
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good border, initial. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 832)

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Pipewell, Northamptonshire, Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin (?): last 6 lines acrostic 'Pipwel'. (MLGB3: inferred evidence).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue. Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander.
Summary Catalogue, vol. 5, p. 808

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.