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London, British Library, Harley MS 1706

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London, British Library, Harley MS 1706

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British Library

Codex title

Miscellany in verse and prose

Manuscript or print

[Manuscript]

Modern location

London, UK

Composed of

Medical recipies (BL, Harley MS 1706)
Miscellany of devotional literature in prose and verse (BL, Harley MS 1706)
Miscellaneous poems by John Lydgate (BL, Harley MS 1706)
On the seven deadly sins (BL, Harley MS 1706)
Book of the Craft of Dying (BL, Harley MS 1706)
Tretyse of gostly batayle (BL, Harley MS 1706)
Scala Claustralium (Middle English translation) (BL, Harley MS 1706)
The Six Masters on Tribulation (BL, Harley MS 1706)
De emendatione vitae (BL, Harley MS 1706)
Meditatio Sancti Augustini (BL, Harley MS 1706)
Contemplations, Chapter AB, What maner men or women of simple conning mowe thenke or preie in her begynning (BL, Harley MS 1706)
Pore Caitiff, Extract (BL, Harley MS 1706)
Miscellany of devotional literature in prose and verse (BL, Harley MS 1706)
Complaint of the dying creature (BL, Harley MS 1706)
The Mirror of Sinners and the Three Arrows (BL, Harley MS 1706)
Form of Perfect Living (BL, Harley MS 1706)
Gadered counseylles of seynte Isodre (BL, Harley MS 1706)
Contemplations of the Dread and Love of God (BL, Harley MS 1706)
Middle English verse (inc. Look before thee how thy life wasteth) (BL, Harley MS 1706)
Didactic and devotional poems (BL, Harley MS 1706)
Medical recipes (BL, Harley MS 1706)

Production date

1474-1524

Location created

England

Contains reference to Birgitta

1

Comment

Collation of 2 manuscripts
The manuscript is a renowned collection of verse and prose devotional literature in Middle English including works by John Lydgate, Richard Rolle and Henry Suso. It is divided in two parts (ff. 3r-95v and 96r-216v). The flyleaves that precede and append the literary texts include a number of medical recipes (ff. 1v-2v and 215r-216r).

Extent

viii + 216

Writing support

Parchment

Leaf page dimensions

265 mm x 193 mm

Folios

216

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Medical recipies (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
Miscellany of devotional literature in prose and verse (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
On the seven deadly sins (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
Scala Claustralium (Middle English translation) (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
De emendatione vitae (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
Contemplations, Chapter AB, What maner men or women of simple conning mowe thenke or preie in her begynning (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
Pore Caitiff, Extract (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
Miscellany of devotional literature in prose and verse (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
Complaint of the dying creature (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
The Mirror of Sinners and the Three Arrows (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
Form of Perfect Living (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
Gadered counseylles of seynte Isodre (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
Contemplations of the Dread and Love of God (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
Middle English verse (inc. Look before thee how thy life wasteth) (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
Didactic and devotional poems (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
Medical recipes (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
The Six Masters on Tribulation (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
Meditatio Sancti Augustini (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
Tretyse of gostly batayle (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
Book of the Craft of Dying (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item
Miscellaneous poems by John Lydgate (BL, Harley MS 1706) Work item