COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
Brotherton_501_167
Reference Number:
Brotherton Collection MS 501
Image Title:
Tretys of the ten comaundmentis
Alternative Image Title:
Declaracion of the vii dedis of mercy
Parent Work Title:
Miscellany of Middle English religious verse and prose
Date Created:
15th century [mid]
Page:
81r
Image Sequence Number:
081r
Description:
The text 'A tretys of the ten comaundmentis' is followed by 'A declaracion of the vii dedis of mercy'. Written in anglicana (main text) and anglicana formata (headings and Latin quotations), by a single scribe (possibly to be identified as M.R., 'secundum M.R.' f. 67v) writing at different times. Decoration: 2 to 3-line initials in red with pen ornamentation in brown. Capitals touched in red. Catchwords in cartouches. Occasional pointing hand. Written space is 195 x 140 mm. 1 column; 36 to 46 lines per column.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Language Code:
lat-GB
Subject:
Devotional literature, English (Middle)
Subject:
Christian literature, English (Middle)
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England--Lincolnshire
Item Height:
222 mm
Item Width:
200 mm
Current Repository:
Leeds University Library, The University of Leeds, U.K.
Provenance:
Pell, Thomas
Provenance:
Sotheby's sale 14 March 1949, lot 309.
Provenance:
Purchased for the Brotherton Collection from Francis Edwards in 1950.
Provenance:
Edwards, Francis, (catalogue no. 700, item 411.catalogue no. 700, item 411).
Provenance:
Powell, F. S., Sir
Provenance:
Sheldrake family
Provenance:
Maggs Bros. (catalogue no. 542, item 133; catalogue no. 555, item 204; catalogue no. 580, item 450; catalogue no. 687, item 171).
Rights Holder - Image:
University of Leeds
Rights holder - Work:
University of Leeds
References:
Hanna, R., III, 'Leeds University Library, MS Brotherton 501: A Redescription', in: Manuscripta, 26 (1982), pp. 38-42.
References:
Humphreys, K. W., and J. Lightbown, 'Two Manuscripts of the Pricke of Conscience in the Brotherton Collection, University of Leeds', in: Leeds Studies in English, 7-8 (1952), pp. 30-34.
References:
Pickering, O. S., 'Brotherton Collection MS 501: A Middle English Anthology Reconsidered', Leeds Studies in English, 21 (1990), pp. 141-165.
References:
Pickering, O. S., 'A Middle English prose miracle of the Virgin, with hidden verses', Medium Ævum, 57 (1988), pp. 219-239.
Bibliographic Citation:
Ker, N. R., 'Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries', vol. 3 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), pp. 67-70
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2010-02-12
Multi Page Number:
835
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-03
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Tretys of the ten comaundmentis
