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Miscellany of devotional literature in prose and verse (BL, Harley MS 1706)

Item

Title

Miscellany of devotional literature in prose and verse (BL, Harley MS 1706)

Comment

This part of the manuscript was probably copied from an almost contemporary exemplar, now Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce 322

Contains reference to Birgitta

1

Forms part of

London, British Library, Harley MS 1706

Hand

Gothic

Decoration

Large puzzle initials (2-7 lines) in blue and red with red pen-flourishing extending along the bounding lines. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and paragraph marks in alternating blue and red. Drawing of the Death as a skeleton with a bell and spear (f. 19v).

Writing support

Parchment

Folios

ff. 3r-95v

Language

English, Middle

Position

II - 1-27

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London, British Library, Harley MS 1706 Book object