Mirour of the blessed lyf of Jesu Christ

Description

Title: Mirour of the blessed lyf of Jesu Christ
Creator: Love, Nicholas, active 1410
Contributor: Johannes, de Caulibus, active 14th century.
Published / Created: [ca. 1450]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of Love's translation of the Meditationes vitae Christi
Description: In Middle English.
All corners repaired, not affecting main text block. Approximately 34 missing leaves; replaced by manuscript copies of the missing text in a modern cursive.
Layout: single columns of 32 lines.
Script: English bookhand.
Decoration: rubricated. Some marginal note initials in blue with red penwork.
Binding: nineteenth-century blind-tooled brown morocco.
Provenance: Ex libris Harry Keryng of Rede. Formerly owned by Robert Doraunt. Ex libris St. John's Cathedral Church, Colchester. Ex libris Lord Aldenham (Henry Hucks Gibbs). Ex libris J. P. R. Lyell. Formerly owned by H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence (MS 9). Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 129 leaves : 275 mm x 185 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): Love, Nicholas, active 1410.
Subject (Topic): Devotional literature, English (Middle)
English literature
English prose literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Love, Nicholas, active 1410
Devotional literature, English (Middle)
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
English prose literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Bradfer-Lawrence, H. L. (Harry Lawrence) > Ownership
Dourant, Robert > Autograph
Gibbs, Henry Hucks, 1819-1907 > Bookplate
Keryng, Harry > Ownership
Lyell, James P. R. (James Patrick Ronaldson), 1871- > Bookplate
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Bookplate
St. John's Cathedral Church (Colchester, England) > Inscription

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Citation: NIcholas Love, Mirour of the Blessed Lyf of Jesu Christ (Takamiya MS 63). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.