Accession number
MS M.400
Object title
New Testament (MS M.400).
Display Date
1380-1399.
Created
England, 1380-1399.
Binding
19th century vellum over boards, gilt-tooled fleur-de-lis panel; blue morocco doublures; lettered: The Newe Testament - translated in to Englishe by John Wycliffe - Circa A.D. 1380.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description
159 leaves (2 columns, 39 lines), bound : vellum ; 210 x 140 mm
Provenance
Said to have come down as an heirloom from Margaret Roper, daughter of Sir Thomas More; Rev. Thomas Roper; Henry Wilett sale (London, Christie's, July 5, 1905, lot 36) to Quaritch; sold (1906) by Quaritch to George C. Thomas, Philadelphia (catalogue, 1907, p. 23); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Mrs. G.C. Thomas in 1910; J.P. Morgan (1867-1913).
Notes
Ms. Bible (New Testament only), written in England at the end of the 14th century.
John Purvey's version of Wycliffe's translation.
John Purvey's version of Wycliffe's translation.
Script
textura
Language
Middle English
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