Life of Our Lady; The Privity of the Passion
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Description
- Title
- Life of Our Lady; The Privity of the Passion
- Creator
- Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1450]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
Manuscript on parchment of 1) John Lydgate (ca. 1370-ca. 1451), Life of Our Lady. The beginning is missing (Book I, verses 1-70 ). 2) The Privity of the Passion, an anonymous English translation, here attributed to Walter Hilton (d. 1396), of part of Ps.-Bonaventura, Meditationes vitae Christi
- Description
-
In Middle English with some Latin.
Script: Probably copied by one scribe, writing Gothica Cursiva Libraria (Secretary). The headings in art. 2 are in a larger form of the same script, more close to Anglicana.
In art. 2 the scribe left space for 2-line initials (a 3-line initial at the opening) and generally wrote guide-letters, but initials were never added and all other forms of decoration are missing.
Low quality parchment, with holes and irregular edges. The upper outer corner of f. 79 is torn away with loss of text.
Binding: Twentieth century. Glossy brown leather over pasteboard, both covers framed with blind-tooled fillets; spine with four raised bands; in the second compartment the gold-tooled inscription "LYDGATE - LIFE OF OUR LADY"; at the bottom: "C. 1450". Sprinkled edges. - Provenance
- Presented to the Beinecke Library by Mr. and Mrs. H.P. Kraus, 1985.
- Extent
- ff. iv + 91 + ii : 205 x 145 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English, Middle (1100-1500)
Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 660
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval England 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
- Subject (Topic)
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Devotional literature, English (Middle)
English poetry
Literature, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Devotional literature, English (Middle)
English poetry > Middle English, 1100-1500
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- John Lydgate, Life of Our Lady. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9616559
- Object ID (OID)
- 9998987
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