Anthology of devotional prose and verse : manuscript, [ca. 1425]
- Title
- Anthology of devotional prose and verse : manuscript, [ca. 1425]
Alternative Title: Long charter of Christ
Alternative Title: Seven works of mercy, bodily and ghostly
Alternative Title: Shorter charter of Christ
Alternative Title: Songe of loue to owre lorde Ihu christ - Place of Origin
- England
- Date
- 1425
- Description
- Extent: 92 leaves, bound : vellum ; 26 cm.
print - Subjects
- Christian life--Early works to 1800
- Abstract
- 1. Pseudo-Augustinus, Soliloquiorum animae ad Deum; begins: Lord god fader of hevin & of erþe (chapters 4-34 of the Middle English translation, apparently from a French version, ff. 1r-52r) -- 2. Richard of Saint Victor, Benjamin minor; begins: Here bygynnyþ a tretise þat man calliþ Richarde of seynt victor (Middle English translation of his De preparatione animi ad contemplationem, 52v-68v) -- 3. Poem, The seven works of mercy, bodily and ghostly; begins: The seuene dedis of mercy (Middle English prose, 68v-69r) -- 4. Shorter charter of Christ, begins: Sciant presentes & futuri nomen cognomen (in Middle English verse, 71v-72r) -- 5. Poem, A songe of loue to owre lorde Ihu christe; begins: Ihu most swettest of any þynge (Middle English verse, 72r-78r) -- 6. Prayers to the Virgin and Jesus; begins: Ave quene of heuen ladi of erþe well of all bownte (Middle English verse, 78r-82v) -- 7. Long charter of Christ; begins: Who so wole over rede þis boke (ends imperfectly; Middle English verse, 82v-89v) -- 8. Acaudal meditation on human unworthiness; begins: Reliquie cogitionis diem festum agent tibi. Mi good Lord and merciful fader (Middle English, 89v-90v).
- Genre
- Manuscripts, Medieval-England-1400-1450.
Prayers-England.
Poems-England-15th century.
Rules (layout features)
Catchwords.
Pricking (parchment marking)
Scribal corrections.
Early works to 1800 - Notes
- Written primarily in a bastard anglicana in 1 or 2 columns of 24 lines; numerous decorated foliate initials, burnished gold initials with foliate sprays, and colored initials in blue and red with pen flourishes.
Written and illuminated in England, possibly at the request of a convent (f. 51v).
Title supplied by cataloger.
Bound in late 16th-cent. English brown calf, blind-stamped with crowned Tudor rose.
In a tray case, 28 cm.
MS Richardson 22. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Also available in an electronic version.
Primarily in Middle English, with some Latin. - Series
- Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
- Repository
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
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