MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911877dc
Reference Number:
English MS 90
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Pains of hell
Parent Work Title:
Pricke of Conscience with Wycliffe commentary on the Lord's Prayer
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Prick of Conscience
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Prycke of Conscience
Creator Attribution:
Rolle, Richard, of Hampole, 1290?-1349
Display Creator:
Rolle, Richard, of Hampole, 1290?-1349
Date Created:
14th century [late]
Page:
50v
Image Sequence Number:
050v
Description:
Pricke of Conscience: part six. English verse detailing the pains of hell: the greatest pain is the terrible longing for the sight of God. Hell is loud and crowded but big enough to hold all the wicked souls. Latin text is in red ink. The written space is 277 x 200 mm, with two columns in more or less current anglicana.
Language Code:
lat-GB
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Poetry, Medieval
Subject:
Devotional literature, English (Middle)
Subject:
Christian literature, English (Middle)
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
Rolle, Richard, of Hampole, 1290?-1349
Item Height:
345 mm
Item Width:
248 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Mainwaring, Philip, Sir
Provenance:
Corser, Thomas
Provenance:
Ashburnham Family
Provenance:
Crossley, James
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Creative Commons License
References:
Parts of this catalogue have been reproduced from Ker, N.R., 'Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, vol. III, Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), pp. 413-14. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.20.
Bibliographic Citation:
Rolle, Richard, of Hampole, 'The pricke of conscience (Stimulus conscientiae): a Northumbrian poem by Richard Rolle de Hampole; copied and edited from mss. in the library of the British Museum, with an introd., notes, and glossarial index by Richard Morris.' (Berlin: A. Asher, 1863)
Notes:
The manuscript is sometimes referred to as the 'Corser Manuscript' after one of its previous owners.
Cost:
Bought for £54.00 from J. & J. Leighton in 1908
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-03-24
Multi Page Number:
550
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB

Pains of hell

Pains of hell