COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0919773dc
Reference Number:
English MS 75
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Epistle of Paul to Philemon
Parent Work Title:
New Testament
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Later Version Wycliffe New Testament
Creator:
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Creator Role:
Author
Creator Attribution:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Display Creator:
Wycliffe, John, d. 1384
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
90r
Image Sequence Number:
090r
Description:
Epistle of Paul to Philemon. Red rubrication and a pen-flourished initial 'H' introduces the prologue of Paul's epistle to Philemon. Red rubrication appears below introducing the first chapter. The large decorated and illuminated initial 'P' beginning the chapter has been removed, and a pen-flourished initial form the folio below can be seen. Paul tells Philemon that he prays for him and that he has great joy in his faith and charity. Written space is 100 x 75 mm, 26 long lines.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Bible--Manuscripts, English
Subject:
Bible. English (Middle English)--Versions--Wycliffe
Subject:
Bible. N.T.
Subject:
Bible. N.T.--Versions
Subject:
Bible. N.T. Epistles
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
People Covered:
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
People Covered:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Item Height:
161 mm
Item Width:
101 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Forster, James
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.18.
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), p. 403. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
Bibliographic Citation:
Cooper, W. R., 'The Wycliffe New Testament (1388): an edition in modern spelling, with an introduction, the original prologues and the Epistle to the Laodiceans, edited for The Tyndale Society' (London: British Library, 2002)
Bibliographic Citation:
See Forshall, Josiah and Madden, Frederic, 'The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books, in the earliest English versions made from the Latin Vulgate by John Wycliffe and his followers' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1850), vol. 1, MS no.167.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-04-27
Multi Page Number:
935
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-08
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Epistle of Paul to Philemon
