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Speculum vitae
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Title
Speculum vitae.
Created
[England], [ca. 1425]
Physical Description
84 l. : parchment ; 290 x 200 mm
Language
English, Middle (1100-1500)
Notes
Ownership inscription for the Francisan convent at Lichfield?, dated 1486.
Layout: double columns of 50-58 lines.
Script: English bookhand.
Decoration: initials in red and blue penwork.
Binding: original wooden boards, rebacked.
In Middle English, with rubrics in Latin.
Provenance
Probably from the library of the Franciscan convent at Lichfield. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, containing the text of William of Nassington's poem. The Speculum vitae is followed by several other devotional texts in prose and verse, including Walter Hilton's prose commentary on Qui habitat and Bonum est; and poems on Purgatory, the evils of covetousness, a prayer to Jesus, and two dialogues, one between Christ and Man, and the second between Christ and a sinner.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
October 24, 2013
References
A handlist of western Medieval manuscripts in the Takamiya collection / Toshiyuki Takamiya, in The Medieval book: glosses from friends & colleagues of Christopher de Hamel, ed. by Richard Linenthal, James Marrow and William Noel. 't Goy-Houten: Hes & De Graff, 2010, pp. 421-437.
William, of Nassington, Speculum Vitae. Takamiya MS 15.
Cite as
William, of Nassington, Speculum Vitae. Takamiya MS 15.
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - England - 15th century.
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