MS. Eng. misc. c. 674
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession): no detailed description available
Guardbook
MS. Eng. misc. c. 674 – Part 1 (fol. 1)
Contents
A fragment of prayer to God as creator and guardian of all to help the sinful petitioner - fragments of twelve lines, possibly couplets. Set out as verse with upper case letters at beginnings of each line. Not in New IMEV; Digital IMEV, no. 4028 (with transcription); IMEP XII.2 (with transcription)
Physical Description
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Found in June 1977 in MS Ashmole 1518 between fols 77 and 78.
MS. Eng. misc. c. 674 – Part 2 (fol. 2)
Contents
Twenty-eight lines of verse from two different texts, reminiscent of the South English Legendary, and perhaps once circulating with it. The first text (recto) has a Jew desecrating a Christian object and casting it into a pit, then (verso) a miraculous voice telling how the Jew came to a bad end. The second text (recto, but probably not the next) has Our Lady embracing and kissing a faithful clerk, then (verso) the clerk having a vision of being brought out of this world to paradise which, with gratitude to our Lady, he reports to a bishop.
Physical Description
Layout
1 col.; width of the ruled space 105 mm.
Hand(s)
Anglicana formata
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Formerly in the binding of Wood 396 (Henricus Loritus Glareanus’ Δωδεκάχορδον (Basil, 1547))
Removed c. 2000; accessioned with current shelfmark June 2021.
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.