Fragmenta Manuscripta 178: Life of Our Lady
Information About This Item
Creator
John Lydgate
Title
Fragmenta Manuscripta 178: Life of Our Lady
Date
1450 - 1499
Description
Parchment, 143 x 120 mm.
One column with 24 visible lines (three 7-line stanzas) with even spacing between. Bounding lines only on the recto (left side) and verso (right side), with recto and verso ruled separately with ink.
From the same MS as Cambridge University Library Addit. 3033 (7).
One column with 24 visible lines (three 7-line stanzas) with even spacing between. Bounding lines only on the recto (left side) and verso (right side), with recto and verso ruled separately with ink.
From the same MS as Cambridge University Library Addit. 3033 (7).
Script: Gothic
Is Referenced By
M. McC. Gatch, "Fragmenta Manuscripta and Varia at Missouri and Cambridge," Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society 9 (1990) 434-75.
Edited by H.G. Jones in English Language Notes 7 (1969) 93-96.
For other fragments from same manuscript, see A.S.G. Edwards, English Language Notes 9 (1971) 1-3.
Edited by H.G. Jones in English Language Notes 7 (1969) 93-96.
For other fragments from same manuscript, see A.S.G. Edwards, English Language Notes 9 (1971) 1-3.
References in databases and bibliographies:
The Manuscript Atlas of Late-Medieval England (MALME)
The Digital Index of Middle English Verse: DIMEV 4080
New Index of Middle English Verse, 2005 rev.: NIMEV 2570
The Manuscript Atlas of Late-Medieval England (MALME)
The Digital Index of Middle English Verse: DIMEV 4080
New Index of Middle English Verse, 2005 rev.: NIMEV 2570
Identifier
Fragmenta Manuscripta 178
Provenance
John Bagford (1650s-1716) to St. Martin-in-the-Fields; sale 1861 to Sir Thomas Phillipps, n.15758; his sale 22 May, 1913, lot 742; Sir Sydney Cockerell (1867-1962) sale Sotheby's 3 April, 1957; William Salloch (Ossining NY) Cat. 258 (1968) to U. Missouri.
Format
manuscript fragment
Language
Middle English
Coverage
England
Collection
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