Wycliffite New testament

Description

Title: Wycliffite New testament
Contributor: Purvey, John, 1353?-1428?
Published / Created: [ca. 1400]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of a copy of the text of the "Late Version" of the Wycliffite New Testament, commonly attributed to John Purvey. The text begins at Matthew 4:14 but is otherwise complete. The volume concludes with a 12 page index of readings according to the liturgical calendar and the opening stanzas of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke in Latin
Description: In Middle English, with a few pages in Latin.
Layout: double columns of 57-60 lines.
Script: English bookhand.
Decoration: initials in red and blue penwork.
Binding: contemporary white doeskin over wooden boards.
Provenance: Ex libris Earl of Egremont. Ex libris Boies Penrose. Ex libris Boies Penrose II. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 97 leaves : 300 mm x 200 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
Manuscripts, Medieval
English prose literature
Subjects: Wycliffe, John, -1384
Bible. English (Middle English) > Versions > Wycliffe
Bible. New Testament
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
English prose literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Egremont, George O'Brien Wyndham, Earl of, 1751-1837 > Bookplate
Penrose, Boies, 1860-1921 > Bookplate
Penrose, Boies, 1902-1976 > Bookplate
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: Wycliffite New Testament (Takamiya MS 31). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.