Emendatio vitae and other works
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Description
- Title
- Emendatio vitae and other works
- Creator
- Rolle, Richard, 1290?-1349
- Contributor
-
Hilton, Walter, -1396.
Johannes, de Rupescissa, approximately 1300-approximately 1365. - Published / Created
- [ca. 1425-1450]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, containing Middle English versions of several works by Rolle, including Emendatio vitae; Ego dormio; The Commandment; and Form of Living. Also contains a Middle English version of Walter Hilton's Mixed Life
The volume also contains Johannes de Rupescissa, Tractatus de Quinta Essentia (ca. 1470). 84 l. Manuscript on paper, in a single gothic bookhand. In Latin. Preceded by a title page dated 1650
- Description
-
In Middle English.
Layout: single columns of 25-31 lines.
Script: English bookhand.
Decoration: some rubrication.
Binding: seventeenth-century limp vellum. - Provenance
- Formerly owned by James Cobbes. Formerly owned by Cox Macro (MS 101). Formerly owned by Hudson Gurney. Formerly owned by J P. R. Lyell. Formerly owned by H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence (MS 10). Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
- Extent
- 37 leaves : 180 mm x 135 mm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English, Middle (1100-1500)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Takamiya MS 66
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Rolle, Richard, 1290?-1349.
- Subject (Topic)
-
Devotional literature, English (Middle)
English literature
English prose literature
Alchemy
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
-
Rolle, Richard, 1290?-1349
Devotional literature, English (Middle)
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
English prose literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
Alchemy > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Bradfer-Lawrence, H. L. (Harry Lawrence) > Ownership
Cobbes, James > Ownership
Gurney, Hudson, 1775-1864 > Ownership
Macro, Cox, -1767 > Ownership
Lyell, James P. R. (James Patrick Ronaldson), 1871- > Ownership
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Richard Rolle, Emendatio vitae and Other Works (Takamiya MS 66). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11779579
- Object ID (OID)
- 15473172
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