MS. Eng. th. c. 58
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Contents
Tr. of Ps.-Bonaventure, Meditationes uitae Christi. Extract, the passion narrative, imperfect: in the edition by Powell, Lond., 1908, pp.220–225, 231–253, two leaves missing after fol.4.
Ed. Horstmann, Early Yorkshire Writers I.383–7; a leaf missing after fol.11
Imperfect: ch.6–31, ed. Horstmann, E.E.T.S. 85, pp.20/10–114/20.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
40 long lines
Decoration
Plain blue initials.
Binding
Sewn on five cords and bound in half brown leather and plain parchment over pasteboards, the spine inscribed 'Life | of | Chris[t] | MS | Englis[h]'; the parchment covering apparently the reverse side of a 16th(?)-century manuscript document
History
Provenance and Acquisition
William Squyer , perhaps the Somerset priest, fl. 1490s-1536; in the margin of fol. 11r is written 'Squyer' in a 15th/16th-century hand.
'Honest' Tom Martin of Palgrave (who notes on a paper label attached to the upper pastedown that 'Upon the cover ... was written "Iste liber constat Willelmo Squyer"'); there are traces of a rectangular paper label in the top left corner of the upper board, which seems to have been inscribed '451' (indistinct).
John Ives (stamp on fol. 1r), his sale, Baker & Leigh, 3 March 1777
John Borthwick of Crookston , Catalogue No. IX
Major J. H. S. Borthwick, of Borthwick, Crookston, Heriot, Midlothian (bookplate), his sale at Sotheby's 3–4 June 1946, lot 196, with plate
Record Sources
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.