COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0931779dc
Reference Number:
English MS 79
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
First epistle of John
Alternative Image Title:
Second epistle of John
Parent Work Title:
New Testament
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Later Version Wycliffe New Testament
Creator:
John, the Apostle, Saint
Creator Role:
Author
Creator Attribution:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Display Creator:
Wycliffe, John, d. 1384
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
237r
Image Sequence Number:
237r
Description:
First epistle of John: chapter five. Red rubrication and a pen-flourished initial 'T' introduces the first chapter of the Second epistle of John. Written space is 117 x 85 mm.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Bible. N.T.
Subject:
Bible. N.T.--Versions
Subject:
Bible. N.T. Epistles
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Bible--Manuscripts, English
Subject:
Bible. English (Middle English)--Versions--Wycliffe
Subject:
Religion
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
People Covered:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Item Height:
165 mm
Item Width:
115 mm
Current Repository:
John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
Provenance:
Wilson, Lea
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. 405. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
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.159.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-09-24
Multi Page Number:
2405
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-04
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
First epistle of John
