COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0906328dc
Reference Number:
English MS 89
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Minor prophets
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:
57r
Image Sequence Number:
057r
Description:
Wycliffite Old Testament. Minor prophets, abbreviated: Obadiah. The written space is 105 x 68 mm and the text is in two columns.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Bible. O.T.
Subject:
Bible--Manuscripts, English
Subject:
Bible. English (Middle English)--Versions--Wycliffe
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Religion
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:
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:
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.
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p. 20.
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:
585
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Minor prophets
