The Life of Our Lady, by John Lydgate, written in the second half of the 15th century chiefly in two different hands
File
MS. Bodl. 120
Held at the Weston Library
The Life of Our Lady, by John Lydgate: beg. 'O Thoughtfull herte': ends, one leaf being lost, 'bright torches shene': the author's name does not occur. The poem is in this MS. divided into six books, at fols. 14v 36, 68v, 75v; 86v.
The fly-leaves consist of:
- parts of four leaves from a late 11th century sacramentary, fol. i;
- a paper leaf written on late in the 15th century bearing two English poems, one of three seven-line stanzas, beg. 'Besechyth you of moderly pete', the other of nine lines, beg. 'It is to me of joy the esperance', fol. 95;
- four leaves or parts of leaves from a 12th century breviary (with musical notes), fol. 96. [These last are on red 4-line staves, with c and F for line-signature, or b for space-signature. E.W.B.N.]
Dates
- Creation: written in the second half of the 15th century chiefly in two different hands
Extent
106 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 120
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. V, no. 27643.
Custodial History
Owned in 1687 (?) by 'Theo: Myllr', an erased and uncertain name on fol. 1.
Physical Facet
On parchment
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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