Gilte legende

Description

Title: Gilte legende
Published / Created: [ca. 1450]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript fragment, on parchment, in a single hand, of text from the "Lyfe of Sylvester" in the Gilte Legende
Description: In Middle English.
From Takamiya MS 45: Doheny Collection of single leaves.
Layout: double columns of forty lines.
Script: English bookhand.
Decoration: initials in blue with red penwork.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Philip Bliss. Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps. Formerly owned by Estelle Doheny. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 1 leaf : 350 mm x 210 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 Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): English prose literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Saints
Subjects: English prose literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Saints > Early works to 1800
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Bliss, Philip > Ownership
Doheny, Estelle, 1875-1958 > Ownership
Philipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 > Ownership
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: Gilte Legende (Takamiya MS 45). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.