Wycliffite New testament

Description

Title: Wycliffite New testament
Published / Created: [ca. 1400]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of Matthew's gospel and the Book of Acts from the "Early Version" of the Wycliffe Bible by Nicholas Hereford and his collaborators. The final page of the manuscript is added in a sixteenth-century secretary script
Description: In Middle English.
Ownership inscription of James West, 1732, on recto initial blank parchment leaf.
Detailed provenance history of manuscript in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries on verso of initial blank parchment leaf.
Layout: single columns of 19-23 lines.
Script: rounded English gothic bookhand.
Decoration: large initials in blue with red penwork.
Binding: early eighteenth-century full red morocco, gilt.
Provenance: Formerly owned by William Brooke, Lord Cobham. Formerly owned by George Brooke. Formerly owned by William Lambarde. Formerly owned by James West. Ex libris Andrew Gifford. Ex libris Bristol Baptist College. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beiencke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 1 volume (168 leaves) : 110 mm x 70 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English, Middle (1100-1500)

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval England 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Wycliffe, John, -1384.
Subject (Topic): Versions
Wycliffe
English prose literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Wycliffe, John, -1384
Bible. English (Middle English) > Versions > Wycliffe
Bible. New Testament
English prose literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Brooke, George > Ownership
Cobham, William Brooke, Baron, 1527-1597 > Ownership
Gifford, Andrew, 1700-1784 > Bookplate
Lambarde, William, 1536-1601 > Ownership
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership
West, James, 1704?-1773 > Autograph
Bristol Baptist College > Bookplate

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Citation: Wycliffite New Testament (Takamiya MS 28). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.