Detail View: Medieval Collection: Exaltation of the Cross from the South English Legendary
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Image Number:
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Brotherton_501_212
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Reference Number:
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Brotherton Collection MS 501
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Image Title:
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Exaltation of the Cross from the South English Legendary
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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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103v
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Image Sequence Number:
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103v
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Description:
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The text on this folio is from 'The Exaltation of the Cross from the South English Legendary'. The following folios are very disordered and the text appears in reverse order. 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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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Poetry, Medieval
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Subject:
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Christian literature, English (Middle)
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Subject:
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Devotional 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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Sotheby's sale 14 March 1949, lot 309.
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Provenance:
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Pell, Thomas
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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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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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Sheldrake family
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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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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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1060
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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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