Mirrour of the blessed lyf of Jesu Christ

Creator:

Love, Nicholas, fl. 1410

Published/Created:

England
[between 1430 and 1450]

Physical Description:

ff. iii + i + 128 + iii : parchment ; 302 x 205 (186 x 123) mm.

Related Links:

https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms324.htm

Notes:

Script: Written by one hand in bastard Anglicana.
Initials at beginning of each day, 4-line, on ff. 22r, 34r, 53r, 106r, gold against pink and blue grounds, with white filigree, partial borders of acanthus leaves and daisy buds in purple, pink, orange and blue, black hair-spray with green leaves and gold dots. (Similar initials or more important decoration probably occurred on the folios missing at the beginning of Prohemium, Monday, Friday and Chapter 64.) 3- and 2-lines initials gold against pink and blue, with white filigree, short border of hair-spray with green leaves and gold dots. 1-line initials and paragraph marks gold with blue penwork or blue with red used in text and in running titles and notations in outer margin. Line-fillers in blue and gold; rubrics throughout.
Outer margin of f. 37 cut off.
Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Olive green goatskin, blind-tooled, with gold-tooled label. Two clasp-and-catch fastenings. Bound by Zaehnsdorf (London, ca. 1842-1930). Original flyleaf (f. iv) is a bifolium, inserted sideways, from a manuscript written in England, 14th century, in Anglicana formata. On the recto and verso at top, portions of a prose text by Richard Rolle; on the recto and verso at bottom, Rolle's Commandment of Love.

Abstract:

Manuscript on parchment of The Mirrour of the Blessed Lyf of Jesu Crist, translated into English by Nicholas Love. With Memorandum stating that the original copy of the translation was given to Thomas Arundell, Abp. of Canterbury, for his approval, in 1410.

Topics:

Devotional literature, English (Middle)
English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval -- Connecticut -- New Haven

Topics:

Jesus Christ --Meditations --Early works to 1800
Rolle, Richard, of Hampole, 1290?-1349

Language:

English, Middle (1100-1500)

Genre:

Manuscripts
Manuscripts, Medieval--England--15th century

Format:

Text

Content Type:

Archives or Manuscripts

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Call Number:

Beinecke MS 324

Orbis Record:

9787085

Orbis Barcode:

39002091596925

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

14616774

Citation:

Nicholas Love, Mirrour of the Blessed Lyf of Jesu Christ. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

2112437

PID:

digcoll:3677502