Detail View: Medieval Collection: Book of Daniel

Image Number: 
JRL0906247dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 89
Previous Accession Number: 
R16265
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Book of Daniel
Parent Work Title: 
Old Testament
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Wycliffe Old Testament
Creator Attribution: 
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Display Creator: 
Wycliffe, John, d. 1384
Date Created: 
15th century [early]
Page: 
16v
Image Sequence Number: 
016v
Description: 
Wycliffite Old Testament: the book of Daniel. The written space is 105 x 68 mm and the text is in two columns.
Language Code: 
enm-GB
Subject: 
Christianity
Subject: 
Religion
Subject: 
Bible. English (Middle English)--Versions--Wycliffe
Subject: 
Bible--Manuscripts, English
Subject: 
Bible. O.T.
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Vellum
Time Period Covered: 
750 - 1 BCE
People Covered: 
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Item Height: 
140 mm
Item Width: 
100 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Provenance: 
Hodson, Laurence W., Compton Hall, near Wolverhampton (bookplate); lot 666 in his sale on 3 December 1906 (according to Ker).
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. 20.
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. 412-13. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
Notes: 
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London bookseller Bernard Quaritch on 23 October 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2009-01-08
Multi Page Number: 
180
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2009-02
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB