COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Image Number:
JRL0927687dc
Reference Number:
English MS 3
Previous Accession Number:
Crawford MS 3
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Gospel of Luke
Parent Work Title:
Wycliffe Gospels
Creator:
Luke, Saint
Creator Role:
Author
Creator Attribution:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Display Creator:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Date Created:
15th century [early]
Page:
19r
Image Sequence Number:
019r
Description:
Gospel of Luke: chapter five. The written space is 130 x 82 mm and the script is a fairly large textura.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Bible. N.T.--Versions
Subject:
Bible. N.T. Gospels
Subject:
Bible. N.T.
Subject:
Bible. English (Middle English)--Versions--Wycliffe
Subject:
Bible--Manuscripts, English
Subject:
Christianity
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
People Covered:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Item Height:
173 mm
Item Width:
120 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance:
Dix, James, of Bristol
Provenance:
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Parts of this catalogue have been reproduced from Ker, N.R., 'Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, vol. III, Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), pp. 400 -1. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p. 8.
Notes:
According to the title page the manuscript was a present to Queen Elizabeth from Francis Newport.
Cost:
Purchased from James Dix by the Earl of Crawford through the offices of Bernard Quaritch, London bookseller.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-08-18
Multi Page Number:
245
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval