Prayer roll in Latin and Middle English.

Description

Title: Prayer roll in Latin and Middle English.
Published / Created: [ca. 1430]
Publication Place: [England],
Abstract: Manuscript roll, on vellum, in a single hand, containing Latin prayers from the Sarum breviary, followed by Middle English devotional lyrics.
Description: Binding: modern red morocco case.
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.
Formerly owned by Harvey Frost. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-.
Layout: single column.
Script: gothic bookhand.
The Middle English lyrics appear in several other manuscripts, including the Vernon MS (Bodleian Library).
Extent: 1 roll : parchment ; 5486 x 178 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English, Middle (1100-1500)
Latin

Format: text
Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval--England--15th century.
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Prayers, Medieval.
Subject (Topic): Devotional literature, English (Middle)
English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500.
English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500.
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven.
Medieval and Renaissance Manus

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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 G