• Bible, Middle English

Extent:
  • 409 leaves : parchment ; 29 x 20 cm.
Date:
  • 1410
Language:
Abstract:
  • Ms. Bible. Middle English, later Wycliffite version.
Contents:
  • fols. 1-17v: Prologue to Bible.
  • fols. 17v-22v: Table of Lessons.
  • fols. 24r-325v: O.T. (Genesis to Maccabees).
  • fols. 325v-404v: N.T. (Matthew to Revelation).
  • fols. 403r-404v: Genealogical notes (Mery and Bowyer genealogies).
Description:
  • Ms. codex.
  • Decoration: Penwork initial.
  • Origin: Written in England in the early 15th century.
Binding note:
  • Early 18th century. English citron morocco.
Provenance:
  • Provenance: Belonged (temp. Edw. IV) to Richard Mery, of Hatfield, whose granddaughter married Thomas Bowyer, of the Middle Temple (ca. 1588); passed to Sir John Morley, of Halnaker; given (before 1723) by Countess of Derby to the wife of T. Palmer, and passed to his son-in-law, Sir Hugh Acland; belonged in 1850 to Sir Peregrine Acland; obtained from B. Quaritch by John H. Scheide in 1931.
Former owner:
  • Scheide, John Hinsdale, 1875-1942
  • Mery of Hatfield, Richard
  • Morley of Hanaker, John, Sir, d. 1587
  • Derby, Mary, Countess of, 1667-1752
  • Palmer of Fairfield, G.
  • Acland, Hugh, Sir
  • Acland, Peregrine, Sir, 1789-1831
Contributor:
  • Wycliffe, John, -1384
  • Purvey, John, 1353?-1428?
  • Princeton University Library. Manuscript. Scheide 12.
References:
  • De Ricci, p. 2122, no. 12
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