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London, British Library, Harley MS 535

Item

Modern shelfmark

London, British Library, Harley MS 535

Owned by

British Library

Codex title

Memoriale Credencium

Manuscript or print

[Manuscript]

Modern location

London, UK

Composed of

Some constitutions of Roger Niger, Bp. of London (1241) (BL, Harley MS 535)
Constitutio de Ecclesiis & Cancellis reficiendis et cooperiendis (BL, Harley MS 535)
Memoriale credencium (BL, Harley MS 535)
Contemplations, Chapter AB, What maner men or women of simple conning mowe thenke or preie in her begynning (BL, Harley MS 535)
The Meditation of St Anselm (BL, Harley MS 535)
Middle English prayer (inc. Lord Iesu crist my raunsum. my mercy) (BL, Harley MS 535)
Latin meditation (BL, Harley MS 535)

Production date

1400-1450

Location created

England

Contains reference to Birgitta

true

Writing support

Parchment

Leaf page dimensions

215 mm x 150 mm

Folios

142

related link

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, Vol 2 (1808)
Online catalogue entry
Memoriale credencium: A Late Middle English Manual of Theology for Lay People, ed. By J.H.L. Kengen (Nijmegen: Department of Middle English, University of Nijmegen, 1980), pp. 5-6.

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