Newberry Library, VAULT Case MS 31

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS18140

Shelfmark:

VAULT Case MS 31

Title:

Spiritual texts

Religious texts

Place:

England

England TGN

Date:

between 1325 and 1375

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin and Middle English

Latin WIKIDATA

Middle English WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment, ill.

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 137 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 152 x 114 (120-130 x 85-90) mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from printed catalog.
Collation: Parchment, fol. i + 137 +i; 12 2-148 15-1610 1712(-1); quires 2-11, catchwords in plain rectangles, quires 12-17, in crinkled rectangles.
Layout: fol. 2r-74r written in 21-23 long lines; fol. 74v-136r, written in 20 long lines.
Script: fol. 2r-74r written in anglicana formata; fol. 74v-136r, written in gothic textualis precisa media, this latter script appears to be a conscious imitation of proto-gothic script of the 12th century, consistent with the occasional presence of hard-point ruling in this portion.
Origin: Written in England in the middle of the 14th century, possibly durning the lifetime of Richard Rolle.
Former shelfmark of the library at Whitchurch, Hants.

Keyword:

textura (Gothic script)

Devotional literature

manuscripts (documents)

Meditations

Early works

Christian poetry, English (Middle)

Spiritual life--Catholic Church

Manuscripts, English (Middle)

Passion of Jesus Christ

Mysticism

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Institutional Record:

https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma998683588805867

IIIF Manifest:

https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Manifest/2KXJ8Z9U6G4D

Holding Institution:

Newberry Library