COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
Brotherton_502_187
Reference Number:
Brotherton Collection MS 502
Image Title:
Festial of John Mirk
Parent Work Title:
Festial of English Sermons
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Liber Festialis
Alternative Parent Work Title:
John Mirk's Festial
Creator:
Mirk, John, fl. 1403?
Creator Role:
Author
Display Creator:
Mirk, John, fl. 1403?
Date Created:
15th century [late]
Page:
90r
Image Sequence Number:
090r
Description:
Festial of John Mirk. There is an ownership inscription at the top of the folio 'Henry Chicetor (?) ous thes boke'. Written in secretary with anglicana 'e', 'g' and less frequently, 'r'. Decoration: 2-line initials and highlighting in red, with occasional pointing hands in the margins, throughout the Festial. Written space is ca 150 x 95 mm with 28-36 lines per column. Frame-ruled with a hard point. Several leaves missing and damaged, getting more fragmentary towards the end.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Christian literature, English (Middle)
Subject:
Devotional literature, English (Middle)
Subject:
Sermons, English (Middle)
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
208 mm
Item Width:
140 mm
Current Repository:
Leeds University Library, The University of Leeds, U.K.
Provenance:
Late 15th-century (?) ownership inscription on fol. 90r: 'Henry Chicetor (?) ous thes boke'.
Provenance:
Merton, Wilfred (a modern typed note states that on 17 May 1913 the manuscripts was purchased by Wilfred Merton from Bertram Dobell, of Tunbridge Wells, for 16s).
Provenance:
Late 15th-century (?) inscription amongst scribbles on fol. 33v reads: 'Explicit liber quod Iohn Slareffe' (?).
Provenance:
Purchased for the Brotherton Collection from M. Breslauer, 4 June 1958.
Rights Holder - Image:
University of Leeds
Rights holder - Work:
University of Leeds
References:
Wakelin, M. F., 'The Manuscripts of John Mirk's Festial', Leeds Studies in English, n.s., 1 (1967), pp. 93-119.
References:
Wakelin, M. F., 'An Edition of John Mirk's Festial as it is contained in the Brotherton Collection MS', unpublished University of Leeds M.A. thesis, 1960.
References:
Pickering, O. S., and S. Powell, 'The Index of Middle English Prose, Handlist VI' (Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 1989), pp. 12-26
Bibliographic Citation:
Ker, N. R., 'Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries', vol. 3 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), pp. 70-71.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2010-02-16
Multi Page Number:
935
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Festial of John Mirk
