COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
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Medieval Collection
Collection
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Image Number:
Brotherton_501_183
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Brotherton_501_183
Image Number
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Reference Number:
Brotherton Collection MS 501
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Brotherton Collection MS 501
Reference Number
false
Image Title:
Lytyl matyr of the gloryous virgyne
image_title
Lytyl matyr of the gloryous virgyne
Image Title
false
Parent Work Title:
Miscellany of Middle English religious verse and prose
parent_work_title
Miscellany of Middle English religious verse and prose
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Date Created:
15th century [mid]
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15th century [mid]
Date Created
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Page:
89r
page
89r
Page
false
Image Sequence Number:
089r
image_sequence_number
089r
Image Sequence Number
false
Description:
This piece is 'A lytyl matyr of the gloryous virgyne'. 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.
description
This piece is 'A lytyl matyr of the gloryous virgyne'. 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.
Description
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Language Code:
enm-GB
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enm-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Devotional literature, English (Middle)
subject
Devotional literature, English (Middle)
Subject
false
Subject:
Christian literature, English (Middle)
subject
Christian literature, English (Middle)
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
sub_category
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
technique_used
Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Creation Site:
England--Lincolnshire
creation_site
England--Lincolnshire
Creation Site
false
Item Height:
222 mm
item_height
222 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
200 mm
item_width
200 mm
Item Width
false
Current Repository:
Leeds University Library, The University of Leeds, U.K.
current_repository
Leeds University Library, The University of Leeds, U.K.
Current Repository
false
Provenance:
Pell, Thomas
provenance
Pell, Thomas
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Sotheby's sale 14 March 1949, lot 309.
provenance
Sotheby's sale 14 March 1949, lot 309.
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Purchased for the Brotherton Collection from Francis Edwards in 1950.
provenance
Purchased for the Brotherton Collection from Francis Edwards in 1950.
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Powell, F. S., Sir
provenance
Powell, F. S., Sir
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Sheldrake family
provenance
Sheldrake family
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Edwards, Francis, (catalogue no. 700, item 411.catalogue no. 700, item 411).
provenance
Edwards, Francis, (catalogue no. 700, item 411.catalogue no. 700, item 411).
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Maggs Bros. (catalogue no. 542, item 133; catalogue no. 555, item 204; catalogue no. 580, item 450; catalogue no. 687, item 171).
provenance
Maggs Bros. (catalogue no. 542, item 133; catalogue no. 555, item 204; catalogue no. 580, item 450; catalogue no. 687, item 171).
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
University of Leeds
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University of Leeds
Rights Holder - Image
false
Rights holder - Work:
University of Leeds
rights_holder___work
University of Leeds
Rights holder - Work
false
References:
Hanna, R., III, 'Leeds University Library, MS Brotherton 501: A Redescription', in: Manuscripta, 26 (1982), pp. 38-42.
references
Hanna, R., III, 'Leeds University Library, MS Brotherton 501: A Redescription', in: Manuscripta, 26 (1982), pp. 38-42.
References
false
References:
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.
references
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.
References
false
References:
Pickering, O. S., 'Brotherton Collection MS 501: A Middle English Anthology Reconsidered', Leeds Studies in English, 21 (1990), pp. 141-165.
references
Pickering, O. S., 'Brotherton Collection MS 501: A Middle English Anthology Reconsidered', Leeds Studies in English, 21 (1990), pp. 141-165.
References
false
References:
Pickering, O. S., 'A Middle English prose miracle of the Virgin, with hidden verses', Medium Ævum, 57 (1988), pp. 219-239.
references
Pickering, O. S., 'A Middle English prose miracle of the Virgin, with hidden verses', Medium Ævum, 57 (1988), pp. 219-239.
References
false
Bibliographic Citation:
Ker, N. R., 'Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries', vol. 3 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), pp. 67-70
bibliography
Ker, N. R., 'Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries', vol. 3 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), pp. 67-70
Bibliographic Citation
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2010-02-12
Multi Page Number:
915
multi_page_number
915
Multi Page Number
false
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-03
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
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Medieval
Collection Code
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