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Prayer roll in Latin and Middle English
Title
Prayer roll in Latin and Middle English.
Created
[England], [ca. 1430]
Physical Description
1 roll : parchment ; 5486 x 178 mm.
Language
English, Middle (1100-1500); Latin
Notes
The Middle English lyrics appear in several other manuscripts, including the Vernon MS (Bodleian Library).
Layout: single column.
Script: gothic bookhand.
Decoration: initial large miniature of the Virgin Mary and child. Numerous burnished gold initials on red or blue grounds with foliate sprays; numerous internal initials in either burnished gold or red or blue penwork.
Binding: modern red morocco case.
In Latin and Middle English.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Harvey Frost. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript roll, on vellum, in a single hand, containing Latin prayers from the Sarum breviary, followed by Middle English devotional lyrics.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
November 26, 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.
Prayer Roll in Latin and Middle English (Takamiya MS 112). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Prayer Roll in Latin and Middle English (Takamiya MS 112). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - England - 15th century.
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