Devotional pieces in Middle English verse
Single Item
MS. e Mus. 160
Held at the Weston Library
Devotional pieces in Middle English verse, comprising:
- Fol. 1. prayers to all the Patriarchs and Saints, viz. Adam (fol. 1v), Abell (fol. 2), Enok (fol. 2v), Noe (fol. 3), Melchisedech (fol. 3v), etc., with prologue: beg. 'The gret glioriuse saynte and holy doctore Saint Jerome' (fol. 1), and some rough pen-and-ink drawings
- Fol. 108v. a poem, beg. imperfect, on 'King Herre the eight of fair Yngland', printed in Thomas Wright's Reliquae Antiquiae, ii. 117, followed by a poem on the 'Commyng of ser John Mandevelle, beg. 'Upon a tym when ser John Mandevelle' (fol. 111v), printed in Wright, op. cit., ii. 113, and in Hazlitt's Early Popular Poetry of England (1864), p. 153
- Fol. 116. a verse rendering with prose preface of the hundred meditations found in MS. Bodley 88, fols. 79v-86, as a supplement to the Horologium Sapientiae of Henricus Suso: prol. beg. 'The wurshipfulle discipulle of Godde' (fol. 116), text beg. 'Haylle benigne lorde Crist Jesu' (fol. 117v)
- Fol. 140. two miracle plays for Easter, 'Burial of Christ' and 'Resurrection', beg. 'A soule that list to singe of love' (fol. 140), and 'Mawdleyne begynnes sayinge; This grete hevynese and payne' (fol. 156v), printed by Wright, op. cit., ii. 124, and for the New Shakspere Society (1882) with the Digby Mysteries
Dates
- Creation: Written in the early 16th century in England
Extent
176 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English, Middle (1100-1500)
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. e Mus. 160, fols. 1-2]
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Shelfmark:
MS. e Mus. 160
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 18259
Abstract
Devotional pieces in Middle English verse
Biographical / Historical
Biographical details unknown.
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. 3692
Custodial History
Manuscript acquired by the Bodleian Library (226)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian before 1680.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
8 7/10 × 6 1/10 in.
- Title
- Devotional pieces in Middle English verse
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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