Scale of perfection

Description

Title: Scale of perfection
Creator: Hilton, Walter, -1396
Published / Created: [ca. 1400-1425]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of the complete text of Hilton's Scale of Perfection. Volume also contains the complete text of Hilton's brief tract, Of angels' song
Description: In Middle English.
Ownership inscription of John Price on recto of front flyleaf.
Ownership inscription of Samuel Courthope Bosanquet on recto of second front flyleaf.
Layout: single columns of approximately 30 lines.
Script: English bookhand.
Decoration: blue initials with red penwork.
Binding: contemporary white tawed leather over wooden boards; remains of hardware. Modern case.
Provenance: From the collection of Luttrell Wynne. From the collection of John Price. From the collection of Samuel Courthope Bosanquet. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 174 leaves : 172 mm x 146 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English, Middle (1100-1500)

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval England 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Hilton, Walter, -1396.
Subject (Topic): Devotional literature, English (Middle)
English literature
English prose literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Mysticism
Subjects: Hilton, Walter, -1396
Devotional literature, English (Middle)
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
English prose literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Mysticism > Early works to 1800
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Bosanquet, Samuel > Autograph
Price, John, 1735-1813 > Autograph
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership
Wynne, Luttrell, 1734-1814 > Ownership

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Citation: Walter Hilton, The Scale of Perfection (Takamiya MS 3). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.