Detail View: Medieval Collection: Festial of John Mirk
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Image Number:
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Brotherton_502_187
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Reference Number:
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Brotherton Collection MS 502
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Image Title:
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Festial of John Mirk
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Parent Work Title:
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Festial of English Sermons
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Liber Festialis
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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John Mirk's Festial
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Creator:
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Mirk, John, fl. 1403?
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Display Creator:
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Mirk, John, fl. 1403?
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Date Created:
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15th century [late]
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Page:
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90r
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Image Sequence Number:
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090r
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Description:
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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.
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Christian literature, English (Middle)
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Subject:
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Devotional literature, English (Middle)
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Subject:
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Sermons, English (Middle)
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Item Height:
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208 mm
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Item Width:
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140 mm
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Current Repository:
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Leeds University Library, The University of Leeds, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Late 15th-century (?) ownership inscription on fol. 90r: 'Henry Chicetor (?) ous thes boke'.
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Provenance:
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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).
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Provenance:
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Late 15th-century (?) inscription amongst scribbles on fol. 33v reads: 'Explicit liber quod Iohn Slareffe' (?).
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Provenance:
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Purchased for the Brotherton Collection from M. Breslauer, 4 June 1958.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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University of Leeds
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Rights holder - Work:
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University of Leeds
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References:
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Wakelin, M. F., 'The Manuscripts of John Mirk's Festial', Leeds Studies in English, n.s., 1 (1967), pp. 93-119.
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References:
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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.
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References:
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Pickering, O. S., and S. Powell, 'The Index of Middle English Prose, Handlist VI' (Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 1989), pp. 12-26
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Bibliographic Citation:
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Ker, N. R., 'Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries', vol. 3 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), pp. 70-71.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2010-02-16
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Multi Page Number:
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935
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2010-02
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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