Detail View: Medieval Collection: Harrowing of hell
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Image Number:
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JRL0906202dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 895
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Previous Accession Number:
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R78096
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Harrowing of hell
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Parent Work Title:
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Process of The Passion; The Gospel of Nicodemus
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Acts of Pilate
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Acta Pilate
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Date Created:
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15th century
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Page:
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122r
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Image Sequence Number:
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122r
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Description:
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Gospel of Nicodemus: hell is told to open its gates to Jesus. The written space is 140 x 65 mm in a secretary-influenced short-r anglicana formata.
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Religion
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Subject:
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Christianity
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Subject:
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Theology--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Subject:
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Apocryphal Gospels
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Subject:
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Apocryphal books (New Testament)
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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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Vellum
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Time Period Covered:
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1 BCE - 500 CE
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People Covered:
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Jesus Christ
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Item Height:
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233 mm
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Item Width:
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140 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Dunn, George, of Woolley Hall, near Maidenhead.
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Provenance:
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Taylor, Thomas
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Provenance:
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Hockmon, John
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Provenance:
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Senleger, John, Sir
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Provenance:
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Freme, Henry
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Provenance:
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Worthye, Roberte
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.28.
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References:
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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. 426-27. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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Hulme, William Henry (ed.), 'The Middle-English Harrowing of hell and Gospel of Nicodemus', Early English Text Society, Extra Series, vol. 100 (London: 1907), pp. xxxii sqq.
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Notes:
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British Library Egerton MS 2658 and Stonyhurst College Manuscript 43 B. xliii both contain the same pieces or piece, but are in different dialects, somewhat later in date, and do not contain the marginal additions mentioned, see bibliography note above. Photographs from the Stonyhurst manuscript supplying the text of the missing folios of the Rylands manuscript may be consulted in the Library as they have been made with the kind permission of the Rev. Fr. Rector of Stonyhurst.
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Cost:
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Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers Maggs Bros for £30.00 in February 1937.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2008-12-10
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Multi Page Number:
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1225
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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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2009-04
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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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