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Add MS 5901
- Record Id:
- 032-003442204
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003442204
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x0002cf
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5901
- Title:
- Part of a full transcription of Wycliffe's Bible
- Scope & Content:
-
12 of 13 volumes in Quarto, containing the whole of the Ancient English version of the Old and New Testament, usually ascribed to Wycliffe. Transcribed from a Manuscript at Lincoln College at Oxford (marked Arch.15) under the direction of John Russell, M.A., Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, in 1721. This was subsequently collated slightly with the manuscripts in Sr. John’s and Queen’s Colleges, Oxford, and in the Cotton Collection (Claud E. II) preparatory to its being sent to the press.
This volume contains PISTLIS, DEEDIS, and APOCALIPS. (folios 1-314).
At the end is added a copy of various quotations from the Old Testament, Historical Memoranda relative to the Popes, Account of Seynt Hildegarde, The seven words spoken by Christ on the cross, the Ten Commandments, and a religious poem beginning ‘God that alle myghtes may’ (folios 315-330).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003442204
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003442204
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (330 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English, Middle
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1721
- End Date:
- 1721
- Date Range:
- 1721
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
- Purchased from Dr. Charles Combe in January 1804.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This catalogue description has been transcribed from the original [18th-19th-century] handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts and may contain inaccuracies. The handwritten catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.
- Related Material:
- Transcribed from a Manuscript at Lincoln College at Oxford (marked Arch.15), and collated slightly with the manuscripts in Sr. John’s and Queen’s Colleges, Oxford, and in the Cotton Collection (Claud E. II)