Accession number
MS M.861
Object title
Devotional treatises (MS M.861).
Display Date
ca. 1450.
Created
England, ca. 1450.
Binding
English 19th-century tan calf by Hayday, blind tooled, in red morocco case lettered: The Ten Commandments - English MS.
Description
33 leaves (1 column, 30-32 lines), bound : vellum ; 170 x 120 mm
Provenance
Owned by EM (initials on fol. 7); Merwyde and Martin (names visible under UV light on fol. 33); P.J. and A.E. Dobell, catalogue 42, no. 18, February, 1925; purchased from Rosenbach in 1952.
Notes
Ms. devotional treatises; written in England, ca. 1450.
Texts: 1) Treatise on the Ten Commandments (fols. 1-3v); 2) Ten Vengeances of God (fols. 3v-4); 3) Seven Deadly Sins (fol. 4); 4) Seven Works of Bodily Mercy (fol. 4v); 5) Seven Works of Ghostly Mercy (fol. 5); 6) Five Outer Senses (fols. 5-5v); 7) Five Inner Senses (fol. 5v); 8) Four Cardinal Virtues (fol. 5v); 9) Seven Sacraments (fol. 6); 10) Eight Tokens of Character (fols. 6-6v); 11) A Prayer (fols. 6v-7); 12) Contemplations of the Dread and Love of God (fols. 7v-33).
A similar collection of texts is found in London, British Library, Arundel MS 197, also including the Contemplations of the Dread and Love of God.
Texts: 1) Treatise on the Ten Commandments (fols. 1-3v); 2) Ten Vengeances of God (fols. 3v-4); 3) Seven Deadly Sins (fol. 4); 4) Seven Works of Bodily Mercy (fol. 4v); 5) Seven Works of Ghostly Mercy (fol. 5); 6) Five Outer Senses (fols. 5-5v); 7) Five Inner Senses (fol. 5v); 8) Four Cardinal Virtues (fol. 5v); 9) Seven Sacraments (fol. 6); 10) Eight Tokens of Character (fols. 6-6v); 11) A Prayer (fols. 6v-7); 12) Contemplations of the Dread and Love of God (fols. 7v-33).
A similar collection of texts is found in London, British Library, Arundel MS 197, also including the Contemplations of the Dread and Love of God.
Script
bastarda
Language
Middle English
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