Here bigyneþ a tretis þat suffisiþ to evry c[hri]sten man and woman to lyve aftir for to be saved by which is clepid a pore caytif : manuscript, [ca. 1400]
- Title
- Here bigyneþ a tretis þat suffisiþ to evry c[hri]sten man and woman to lyve aftir for to be saved by which is clepid a pore caytif : manuscript, [ca. 1400]
Alternative Title: Pore caitif
Alternative Title: Here beginneth a treatise that sufficith to every Christian man and woman to live after for to be saved
Alternative Title: Poor caitiff - Place of Origin
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Date
- 1400
- Language
- English, Middle (1100-1500)
- Description
- Extent: 1 v. (132 leaves) : vellum ; 18 cm.
print - Subjects
- Moral education--England--Early works to 1800
Christian life--England--Early works to 1800 - Abstract
- Copy of 14 tracts composed as a manual of religious instruction for the laity.
- Genre
- Manuscripts, Medieval-England-1350-1400.
Manuscripts, Medieval-England-1400-1450.
Rules (layout features)
Catchwords.
Pricking (parchment marking)
Scribal corrections.
Early works to 1800 - Notes
- Written in a textura quadrata script chiefly in black ink, first line in red; with a black initial with red and blue flourishes; and red and blue initials throughout; running head and marginal Biblical citations.
Title from incipit.
Bound in 19th-cent. calf.
In a tray case, 19 cm.
MS Eng 701. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Also available in an electronic version. - Series
- Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
- Repository
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
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