COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0930974dc
Reference Number:
English MS 82
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
4 Kings 1 : 1
Parent Work Title:
Old Testament
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Later Version Wycliffe Old Testament
Creator Attribution:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Display Creator:
Wycliffe, John, d. 1384
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
83v
Image Sequence Number:
083v
Description:
4 Kings 1 : 1 - 8 ' & gird with a girdil of skyn in the reines '. A title 'ffouthe book' appear in the top margin in red ink, and the rubric ' here bigynneth the .iiij. book of kingis the firste chapitre' appears in red ink at the head of the first column, with a small red ink human grotesque on the first letter. A heavily embellished foliate and floral letter ' F ' in red and blue ink with gold illumination introduces the first chapter. Red, green and blue ink foliate and floral decorations with gold illuminations appear in all margins and between the columns. One of the illuminated decorations in the bottom margin appears to have been excised, and a repair has been made on the recto. The written space is 160 x 108 mm. There are two columns of text, each having 24 lines.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Bible. O.T.--Versions
Subject:
Bible. O.T.
Subject:
Bible. English (Middle English)--Versions--Wycliffe
Subject:
Bible--Manuscripts, English
Subject:
Religion
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
People Covered:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Item Height:
257 mm
Item Width:
175 mm
Current Repository:
John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
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. 407. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p. 19.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-08-04
Multi Section Number:
860
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-11
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
4 Kings 1 : 1
