Harvard University, MS Richardson 22

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10771

Shelfmark:

MS Richardson 22

Title:

Anthology of devotional prose and verse

Date:

ca. 1425

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Primarily in Middle English, with some Latin

Middle English WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 92 leaves, bound : vellum ; 26 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Bragge, William, 1823-1884

William Bragge WIKIDATA

Brooke, Thomas, Sir, 1830-1908

Sir Thomas Brooke, 1st Baronet WIKIDATA

Brooke, John Arthur, Sir, 1844-1920

Sir John Arthur Brooke, 1st Bt. WIKIDATA

Fyncham, Robert

Robert Fyncham WIKIDATA

Note:

Written primarily in a bastard anglicana in 1 or 2 columns of 24 lines; numerous decorated foliate initials, burnished gold initials with foliate sprays, and colored initials in blue and red with pen flourishes.
Written and illuminated in England, possibly at the request of a convent (f. 51v).
Title supplied by cataloger.
Bound in late 16th-cent. English brown calf, blind-stamped with crowned Tudor rose.
In a tray case, 28 cm.
Bequest of William K. Richardson, 1951.
Belonged to Robert Fyncham? in 15th cent.; Libri sale, 28 Mar. 1859; William Bragge; his sale (London, Sotheby's, 7 June 1876, lot 23); bought by Ellis; to Sir Thomas Brooke (bookplate); Sir John Arthur Brooke; his sale (London, Sotheby's, 25 May 1921, lot 49); bought by Maggs; to Richardson.

Keyword:

poems

prayers (literary genre)

Manuscripts, Medieval

rules (layout features)

Christian life

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098807420203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:8166619

Holding Institution:

Harvard University