University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 197

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1449

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 197

Title:

Contemplations of the dread and love of God] ... [etc

Contemplations of the dread and love of God

Place:

England

England TGN

Date:

circa 1400

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Middle English

Middle English WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment, color illustrations

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 149 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 119 x 78 (68 x 42) mm bound to 126 x 77 mm

Former Owner(s):

Moore, Thomas

Thomas Moore WIKIDATA

Rich, Richard, active 1610

Richard Rich WIKIDATA

Harmsworth, R. Leicester Sir, 1870-1937

Leicester Harmsworth WIKIDATA

Goyder, George

George Goyder WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger (J.E. Krochalis). Spine title illegible.
Collation: 1-168, 178 (lacks one leaf of center bifolium), 188 (lacks outer bifolium), 198 (leaf 5 of quire torn, stub visible; not included in modern foliation). It appears that as many as three quires are missing from the front of the manuscript. (This collation taken from a description by Jim Stokes, written in August 1979; a copy is on file in the library).
Foliation: Parchment, i (modern paper) + 148 + i (modern paper), [1-148]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; unnumbered fragmentary leaf between f. 146-147.
Layout: Written in 15 long lines; frame-ruled in ink.
Script: Written in two different Anglicana book hands. Folios 1-145v are written in a single hand; a second, later scribe copied the remaining folios.
Decoration: Some catchwords ornamented with illustrated figures. Headings in red. Paragraph marks and initial capitals in blue, capitals on pen-work grounds of red.
Binding: Modern leather binding (CCAHA, 2015); endpapers added by "Wilmot, Master Binder at the Bodleian," December 1945 (pencil note inside former back cover, visible in digital facsimile); formerly in an 18th-century leather binding with broken spine and hinges (remnants shelved with manuscript).
Origin: Written in England, circa 1400.
Much descriptive information taken from a 1977 Library Chronicle article by J. E. Krochalis (a copy is on file in the library). According to Krochalis, the title "Contemplations of the dread and love of God" was given to the work by Wynkyn de Worde when he printed it in 1506.
According to J. E. Krochalis, one of the short poems (f. 135r-v; inc.: I þe honor w[i]t[h] al my mygt ... ) has been published in modern anthologies.
Imperfect. Possibly up to three quires lacking at the beginning; also one leaf each between f. 131-132; 135-136; 141-142; and 146-147 (the last survives partially as a torn fragment).
Book block in generally good condition. Stains; first and last leaves soiled. Ink on some folios has worn off to the point of illegibility, especially on earlier folios.
Description of the manuscript by Jim Stokes, dated 18 August 1979, is on file in the library. This is the source of the collation and some other details.
Also on file in the library is a photocopy of an example of the signature of the poet Thomas Moore, from Houghton Library, Harvard.
Formerly owned by Thomas Moore and R. Rich (f. 141v, in 18th-century hands).
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Leicester Harmsworth.
Sold at auction at Sotheby's as part of the Harmsworth Trust Library, 15 October 1945, no. 2136, to George Goyder.
Formerly owned by George Armin Goyder (British businessman and collector), 1908-1997 (pencil note inside back cover).
Sold by Bernard Quaritch, catalog 641 (1946), no. 856 (catalog entry on file at the library).

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, English (Middle)

Fifteenth century

Fourteenth century

sermons

Manuscripts, Medieval

Fear of God

Early works

God--Worship and love

Lollards

Sermons, English (Middle)

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9915805953503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3dn3zx22/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania