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Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 61823

1. Add MS 61823

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 61823
Title:
The Book of Margery Kempe
Scope & Content:
This is the unique manuscript witness of the spiritual autobiography of the mystic Margery Kempe [née Brunham] (b. c. 1373, d. in or after 1438) of Bishop's Lynn (now King's Lynn), Norfolk, who dictated it to two scribes or amanuenses in the 1430s. This copy of the text is datable to c. 1445-c. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1445-c 1450
Extent:

1 volume

2. Add MS 61823/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 61823/1
Title:
Former chemise or binding cover
Scope & Content:
Remains of the original white tawed leather chemise binding from the Book of Margery Kempe, with the front, rear and spine sections kept separately in 3 plastic covers (formerly Add MS 61823*).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1440
Extent:

3 parts of a former chemise binding from Add MS 61823