COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0930783dc
Reference Number:
English MS 91
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
First epistle of John
Alternative Image Title:
Second epistle of John
Alternative Image Title:
Third epistle of John
Parent Work Title:
Holy Bible
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Wycliffe Later Version Bible
Creator Attribution:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Display Creator:
Wycliffe, John, d. 1384
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
264r
Image Sequence Number:
264r
Description:
Wycliffite New Testament: end of the first epistle of John. Red rubrication and a pen-flourished 4-line illuminated initial 'T', on a blue and pink ground with white penwork, introduces the second epistle of John. Red rubrication and a pen-flourished 4-line illuminated initial 'T', on a blue and pink ground with white penwork, introduces the third epistle of John. Ink annotation at foot of folio. The written space is 272 x 180 mm and the text is in two columns.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Bible. English (Middle English)--Versions--Wycliffe
Subject:
Bible. N.T.
Subject:
Bible--Manuscripts, English
Subject:
Bible. N.T.--Versions
Subject:
Bible. N.T. Epistles
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
People Covered:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Item Height:
385 mm
Item Width:
262 mm
Current Repository:
John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
Provenance:
Breedon, John Symonds, Bere Court, Berkshire
Provenance:
Lilburn, Charles
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
References:
Parts of this catalogue have been reproduced from Ker, N.R., 'Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, vol. III, Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), p. 414. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), pp.20-1.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-08-12
Multi Page Number:
2645
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
First epistle of John
