Speculum Christiani

Description

Title: Speculum Christiani
Published / Created: [ca. 1400-1425]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of a version of this fourteenth-century pastoral manual. The text is in eight sections, or Tabulae, in Latin, with extensive passages in Middle English prose and interpolated Middle English verse
Description: In Latin and Middle English.
Layout: single columns of 32 lines.
Script: written in an English bookhand.
Decoration: red and blue initials with contrasting penwork.
Binding: nineteenth-century morocco.
Provenance: Ex libris Alfred Henry Huth. Formerly owned by Sir Leicester Harmsworth. Ex libris William and Christina Foyle. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beiencke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 1 volume (45 leaves) : 340 mm x 210 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English, Middle (1100-1500)
Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Handbooks, manuals, etc
Manuscripts, Medieval England 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Clergy
Christian life
English poetry
English prose literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Catholic Church > Clergy > Early works to 1800
Catholic Church > Handbooks, manuals, etc
Christian life > Early works to 1800
English poetry > Middle English, 1100-1500
English prose literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Foyle, Christine > Bookplate
Foyle, William Alfred, 1885- > Bookplate
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937 > Ownership
Huth, Alfred Henry, 1850-1910 > Bookplate
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: Speculum Christiani (Takamiya MS 96). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.