Liber mortis et uitae, Woodcut (Bod-Inc XYL-30), The Pieta with the Instruments of the Passion; unique copy, with indulgence in Middle English, Woodcut (Bod-Inc XYL-13), Christ as the Man of Sorrows, with English inscription for an indulgence of 32755 years., Woodcut (Bod-Inc XYL-19), Death and the Last Judgement — 15th century, late or 16th century, early; England, Syon Abbey
MS. Rawl. D. 403
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Liber mortis et uitae, Woodcut (Bod-Inc XYL-30), The Pieta with the Instruments of the Passion; unique copy, with indulgence in Middle English, Woodcut (Bod-Inc XYL-13), Christ as the Man of Sorrows, with English inscription for an indulgence of 32755 years., Woodcut (Bod-Inc XYL-19), Death and the Last Judgement — 15th century, late or 16th century, early; England, Syon Abbey
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. D. 403
Place of origin
England, Syon Abbey
England (Syon Abbey?)
Date
15th century, late or 16th century, early
1499
Language
Latin
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Decoration
Rubrication incomplete.
No other decoration.
Binding
Late nineteenth-century or early twentieth-century inboard hollow-back binding made for the Bodleian Library. 235 168 23 Half-bound in maroon morocco, sided with black cloth, over millboard. The edges of the textblock are untrimmed and retain their deckles to the tail and fore-edges.
The manuscript was originally bound in a limp parchment wrapper inscribed on the upper cover ‘Mariale’ and ‘Liber mortis et vite’. The wrapper is now folded and sewn into the binding after fol. 123. The wrapper has four sets of irregular holes across the spine indicating a long-stitch structure. The upper cover extended some 45 mm beyond the fore-edge to provide a fore-edge flap.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
Provenance
Syon, Middlesex, Bridgettine abbey of St Saviour, St Mary the Virgin, and St Bridget: 'Finit feliciter liber mortis et vite per Iohannem cuius habitacio est in Syon' (fol. 103v). (fol. 1r) Collectio begins: 'Deus qui ecclesiam tuam per beatam brigittam sacris illuminare dignatus es consiliis et exemplis.' Woodcut with the 'Arma Beate Brigitte de Syon' at foot (fol. 3v). (MLGB3: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc.).
Thomas Rawlinson, MS. 900 in his catalogue.
Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755
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