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Cote:Harley MS 4011

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  1. (f. 1r) So as the Crabbe Goth Forward (fragment), par John Lydgate
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  2. (f. 1r) All riȝtwisnes doþe now proced, par John Lydgate
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  3. (f. 1r-v) Translacyon by lydgate of Stans puer ad mensum, par John Lydgate
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  4. (f. 1v-2r) Lenvoye to humfray late Duke of Glowcester whome god assoyle, [extrait de The Fall of Princes, par John Lydgate]
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  5. (f. 2r-2v) The desolacyon of Rome made by lydgate in Balade wise, [extrait de The Fall of Princes, par John Lydgate]
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  6. (f. 2v) f. 2v: Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ; Extract, here entitled: ‘A devoute oryson to þe holy sacrament’.
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  7. (f. 1r) All riȝtwisnes doþe now proced, par John Lydgate
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  8. (f. 1r-v) Translacyon by lydgate of Stans puer ad mensum, par John Lydgate
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  9. (f. 1v-2r) Lenvoye to humfray late Duke of Glowcester whome god assoyle, [extrait de The Fall of Princes, par John Lydgate]
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  10. (f. 2r-2v) The desolacyon of Rome made by lydgate in Balade wise, [extrait de The Fall of Princes, par John Lydgate]
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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
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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

Rédaction: Laurent Brun
Dernière mise à jour: 28 septembre 2026

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