Table of lections of Type I, New Testament and part of Old Testament, three biographies and sapiential books, in the Later Version of the Wycliffite Bible, Prologue to Matthew, Matthew, Prologue to Mark, Mark, Prologue to Luke, Luke, Prologue to John, John, Prologue to Romans, Romans, Prologue to 1 Corinthians, 1 Corinthians, Prologue to 2 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Prologue to Galatians, Galatians, Prologue to Ephesians, Ephesians, Prologue to Philippians, Philippians, Prologue to Colossians, Colossians, Prologue to 1 Thessalonians, 1 Thessalonians, Prologue to 2 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, Prologue to 1 Timothy, 1 Timothy, Prologue to 2 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Prologue to Titus, Titus, Prologue to Philemon, Philemon, Prologue to Hebrews, Hebrews, Prologue to Acts, Acts, The Catholic epistles. Prologue to James, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Prologue to Apocalypse, Apocalypse, Tobit, Prologue to Judith, Judith, Prologue to Esther, Esther, Prologue to Proverbs, Proverbs, Prologue to Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Prologue to Wisdom, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus — 15th century, first quarter; England

Title

Table of lections of Type I, New Testament and part of Old Testament, three biographies and sapiential books, in the Later Version of the Wycliffite Bible, Prologue to Matthew, Matthew, Prologue to Mark, Mark, Prologue to Luke, Luke, Prologue to John, John, Prologue to Romans, Romans, Prologue to 1 Corinthians, 1 Corinthians, Prologue to 2 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Prologue to Galatians, Galatians, Prologue to Ephesians, Ephesians, Prologue to Philippians, Philippians, Prologue to Colossians, Colossians, Prologue to 1 Thessalonians, 1 Thessalonians, Prologue to 2 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, Prologue to 1 Timothy, 1 Timothy, Prologue to 2 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Prologue to Titus, Titus, Prologue to Philemon, Philemon, Prologue to Hebrews, Hebrews, Prologue to Acts, Acts, The Catholic epistles. Prologue to James, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Prologue to Apocalypse, Apocalypse, Tobit, Prologue to Judith, Judith, Prologue to Esther, Esther, Prologue to Proverbs, Proverbs, Prologue to Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Prologue to Wisdom, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus — 15th century, first quarter; England

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. 183

Place of origin

England

Date

15th century, first quarter

Language

Middle English (1100-1500)

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment, paper flyleaves; the lower part of leaves cut off in quires XII (fols. 89–96) and XX (fols. 161–168), and damaged in quires XIV–XV (fols. 105–120)

Physical extent

302 leaves, c.

Hands

textura, the same hand as in MS. Fairfax 11; black ink

Decoration

5- to 8-line initials on gold background and full or three-quarters borders made of pink, blue and gold bars decorated with floral designs, interlace and gold disks at the beginnings of books.

3-line gold initials on pink and blue background at the beginnings of prologues.

2- to 3-line red or blue initials with contrasting blue or red penwork at the beginnings of chapters.

Catchwords are decorated with drawings of animals, grotesques and human heads in black and red ink and yellow wash, including Christ’s head (fols. 8v, 48v), crowned head (fol. 256v) and a head in a triple tiara (fol. 272v). Running titles are also occasionally decorated with similar designs.

Rubrics in red; blue paraphs.

Binding

Brown leather over thick pasteboard, 17th century. Blind fillet-line border with floral corner-pieces round the outer edge of both covers; floral blind-roll rectangular figure with floral corner-pieces at the centre and blind-roll strips with the same designs next to the spine on both covers. Re-backed in the Bodleian with the original spine relaid. Five raised bands framed by blind fillet lines on spine. Floral decoration on the edges of covers. ‘183’ written in white paint on spine. Laid paper pastedowns and flyleaves. Fols. ii–iii and 286 have fragments of glue and red pigment and were pastedowns of an earlier binding.

Acquisition

Bodleian Library: presented by Robert Barker in 1604. Earlier shelfmarks: ‘Th E 5 5’, ‘NE. C. 4.1.’ (fol. v recto).

Provenance

Late 15th-century clerical (?) owner who listed the contents in Latin.

Robert Barker (c.1568–1646), king’s printer, see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry ‘Authorized Version of the Bible, translators of the’.