'Hic incipit liber qui vocatur Festiuale', Written in the first half of the 15th century
'Hic incipit liber qui vocatur Festiuale', ascribed to John Mirk, prior of Lilleshull: beg. (for Advent Sunday) 'Good men & woymen this day as se knowen well ys cleped Sonenday yn the Aduent.' The book consists of:
- Short sermons with narrationes or stories attached
- At fol. 133, in the Sermon on the Assumption, a poem of eight six-line stanzas is introduced, beg. 'Be glad & blythe, Qwene of blys.'
Dates
- Creation: Written in the first half of the 15th century
Extent
165 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Gough Eccl. Top. 4
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 17680
Custodial History
'Liber iste attenet Henrico Gonner Rycmerswort manente' (about A.D. 1500?). It was no. 4472 in the Catalogue of Thomas Martin's books, June 1773, and bears his signature.
Physical Facet
On parchment
Dimensions
9 1/4 × 6 1/4 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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