COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
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Man4MedievalVC~4~4
Medieval Collection
Collection
true
Image Number:
Brotherton_501_217
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Brotherton_501_217
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
Brotherton Collection MS 501
reference_number
Brotherton Collection MS 501
Reference Number
false
Image Title:
Invention of the Cross from the verse South English Legendary collection
image_title
Invention of the Cross from the verse South English Legendary collection
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
Parent Work Title
false
Date Created:
15th century [mid]
date_created
15th century [mid]
Date Created
false
Page:
106r
page
106r
Page
false
Image Sequence Number:
106r
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106r
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Description:
The text on this folio is from 'The Invention of the Cross from the verse South English Legendary collection'. 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.
description
The text on this folio is from 'The Invention of the Cross from the verse South English Legendary collection'. 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.
Description
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Language Code:
enm-GB
language
enm-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Poetry, Medieval
subject
Poetry, Medieval
Subject
false
Subject:
Christian literature, English (Middle)
subject
Christian literature, English (Middle)
Subject
false
Subject:
Devotional literature, English (Middle)
subject
Devotional literature, English (Middle)
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
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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:
Sotheby's sale 14 March 1949, lot 309.
provenance
Sotheby's sale 14 March 1949, lot 309.
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Pell, Thomas
provenance
Pell, Thomas
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
rights_holder___image
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., '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
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
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:
1085
multi_page_number
1085
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
false