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Manuscrit
Contenu
- (f. 1r) So as the Crabbe Goth Forward (fragment), par John Lydgate
- (f. 1r) All riȝtwisnes doþe now proced, par John Lydgate
- (f. 1r-v) Translacyon by lydgate of Stans puer ad mensum, par John Lydgate
- (f. 1v-2r) Lenvoye to humfray late Duke of Glowcester whome god assoyle, [extrait de The Fall of Princes, par John Lydgate]
- (f. 2r-2v) The desolacyon of Rome made by lydgate in Balade wise, [extrait de The Fall of Princes, par John Lydgate]
- (f. 2v) f. 2v: Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ; Extract, here entitled: ‘A devoute oryson to þe holy sacrament’.
- (f. 1r) All riȝtwisnes doþe now proced, par John Lydgate
- (f. 1r-v) Translacyon by lydgate of Stans puer ad mensum, par John Lydgate
- (f. 1v-2r) Lenvoye to humfray late Duke of Glowcester whome god assoyle, [extrait de The Fall of Princes, par John Lydgate]
- (f. 2r-2v) The desolacyon of Rome made by lydgate in Balade wise, [extrait de The Fall of Princes, par John Lydgate]
ff. 3r-16r: Craft of Dying.
ff. 16r-18v: Duodecim Gradus Humilitatis, beginning: ‘Seynt Gregor the doctor seith that with out mekenes it is vnlawfull to triste of forȝevenes of this synnes’.
ff. 18v-20v: Counsels of Isidore.
ff. 21r-119r: John Lydgate, The Life of Our Lady; with a table of contents.
ff. 120r-137v: The Libel of English Policy.
ff. 138r-142v: John Lydgate [attributed], 'A Kalendare'.
ff. 143r-143v: John Lydgate, The Dietary.
ff. 144r-163r: Osbern Bokenham, Mappula Anglie.
ff. 164r-169r: An Almanac.
ff. 169v-170v: John Skelton [attributed], Of the Death of the Noble Prince, Kynge Edwarde the Forth.
ff. 171r: John Russell [here attributed], Book of Nurture.
The manuscript contains a few additions:
f. 119v: A draft for a letter, beginning: ‘Welbeloved […] Wylyam I have me harty recommended unto you and to my aunt your bedfellow’; added in the 16th century.
f. 163v: A poem of eight quatrains, beginning: ‘my owne dere hart I grete yow well’.
Description matérielle
| Copiste: | Inconnu |
| Lieu: | Angleterre |
| Date: | Vers 1445-1455 |
| Nombre de feuillets: | 195 |
| Foliotation: | [i-iii] + 1-189 + [i-iii] |
| Format: | 280 × 190 mm |
| Justification: | 210 × 130 mm |
| Support: | Papier |
| Mise en page: | |
| Décoration: | Initiales de couleur; initiales filigranées à l'encre rouge et brune |
| Reliure: | Moderne |
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Possesseurs
- Robert Harley (1661-1724) puis son fils Edward (1689-1741)
- Acheté par l'État britannique en 1753 avec le reste de la collection Harley
Bibliographie
- A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum, London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1808-1812, 4 t. (ici t. 3, p. 103, no 4011) [GB: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3, t. 4] [IA: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3, t. 4]
- Catalogue en ligne de la bibliothèque
Rédaction: Laurent Brun
Dernière mise à jour: 28 septembre 2026
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