Detail View: Medieval Collection: Tretys of the ten comaundmentis
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Image Number:
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Brotherton_501_154
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Reference Number:
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Brotherton Collection MS 501
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Image Title:
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Tretys of the ten comaundmentis
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Parent Work Title:
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Miscellany of Middle English religious verse and prose
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Date Created:
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15th century [mid]
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Page:
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74v
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Image Sequence Number:
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074v
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Description:
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The text on this folio is 'A tretys of the ten comaundmentis'. Written in anglicana (main text) and anglicana formata (headings and Latin quotations), by a single scribe (possibly to be identified as M.R., 'secundum M.R.' f. 67v) writing at different times. Decoration: 2 to 3-line initials in red with pen ornamentation in brown. Capitals touched in red. Catchwords in cartouches. Occasional pointing hand. Written space is 195 x 140 mm. 1 column; 36 to 46 lines per column.
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Language Code:
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lat-GB
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Devotional literature, English (Middle)
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Subject:
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Christian literature, English (Middle)
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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England--Lincolnshire
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Item Height:
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222 mm
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Item Width:
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200 mm
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Current Repository:
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Leeds University Library, The University of Leeds, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Maggs Bros. (catalogue no. 542, item 133; catalogue no. 555, item 204; catalogue no. 580, item 450; catalogue no. 687, item 171).
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Provenance:
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Sheldrake family
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Provenance:
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Edwards, Francis, (catalogue no. 700, item 411.catalogue no. 700, item 411).
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Provenance:
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Powell, F. S., Sir
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Provenance:
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Purchased for the Brotherton Collection from Francis Edwards in 1950.
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Provenance:
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Sotheby's sale 14 March 1949, lot 309.
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Provenance:
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Pell, Thomas
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Rights Holder - Image:
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University of Leeds
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Rights holder - Work:
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University of Leeds
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References:
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Hanna, R., III, 'Leeds University Library, MS Brotherton 501: A Redescription', in: Manuscripta, 26 (1982), pp. 38-42.
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References:
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Humphreys, K. W., and J. Lightbown, 'Two Manuscripts of the Pricke of Conscience in the Brotherton Collection, University of Leeds', in: Leeds Studies in English, 7-8 (1952), pp. 30-34.
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References:
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Pickering, O. S., 'A Middle English prose miracle of the Virgin, with hidden verses', Medium Ævum, 57 (1988), pp. 219-239.
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References:
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Pickering, O. S., 'Brotherton Collection MS 501: A Middle English Anthology Reconsidered', Leeds Studies in English, 21 (1990), pp. 141-165.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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Ker, N. R., 'Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries', vol. 3 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), pp. 67-70
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2010-02-15
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Multi Page Number:
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770
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2010-03
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Medieval
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