Prayer roll in Latin and Middle English.

Published/Created:

[England],
[ca. 1430]

Physical Description:

1 roll : parchment ; 5486 x 178 mm.

Notes:

Formerly owned by Harvey Frost. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-.
The Middle English lyrics appear in several other manuscripts, including the Vernon MS (Bodleian Library).
Layout: single column.
Script: gothic bookhand.
Decoration: initial large miniature of the Virgin Mary and child. Numerous burnished gold initials on red or blue grounds with foliate sprays; numerous internal initials in either burnished gold or red or blue penwork.
Binding: modern red morocco case.

Abstract:

Manuscript roll, on vellum, in a single hand, containing Latin prayers from the Sarum breviary, followed by Middle English devotional lyrics.

Topics:

Devotional literature, English (Middle)
English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500.
English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500.
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.

Topics:

Prayers, Medieval.

Language:

English, Middle (1100-1500)
Latin

Genre:

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

Format:

Text

Content Type:

Archives or Manuscripts

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Call Number:

Takamiya MS 112

Orbis Record:

11777669

Orbis Barcode:

39002091549379

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

15504634

Citation:

A handlist of western Medieval manuscripts in the Takamiya collection / Toshiyuki Takamiya, in The Medieval book: glosses from friends & colleagues of Christopher de Hamel, ed. by Richard Linenthal, James Marrow and William Noel. 't Goy-Houten: Hes & De Graff, 2010, pp. 421-437.
Prayer Roll in Latin and Middle English. Takamiya MS 112.

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

15504633

PID:

digcoll:4029403