William Wey; England (?Edington), 1462 × 1476

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Title

William Wey; England (?Edington), 1462 × 1476

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. 565

Place of origin

English, Edington (Wilts.) (?)

Date

1462 × 1476

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Middle English (1100-1500)

Spanish

Hebrew

Latin

William Wey Itineraries

(fol. 1r) List of contents, in two later hands, dividing the text into fifteen sections

(fol. 2r–v) Rubric: Thes be goodys of master William Wey ys yefte to the chapel made to the lyknes of \the/ sepulcvr of owre lorde

(fols. 3r–4v) Rubric: Chavnges of money fro englond to Rome and Venyse

(fols. 4v–7v) Rubric: A prouysyon

(fols. 8r–13v, 16r) Rubric: In this boke conteynyd ys the way to Jerusalem and the holy placys in that sam contre

(fols. 14r–16v) Rubric: (first item) Numerus dierum expectacionis peregrinorum in Jerusalem.

(fols. 17r–34v) Rubric: Materie moventes transire ad Terram Sanctam

(fols. 35r–49r) Items 6 and 7; account of Wey's 1458 Pilgrimage to Jerusalem. No rubric. The itineraries of William Wey, pp. 56–79.

(fols. 49v–50v) Rubric: Iste sunt civitates et ville ad magnam civitatem Rome

(fols. 51r–64r) Rubric: Itinerarium secundum Magistri Willelmi Wey ad terram sanctam

(fols. 64r–76r) Item 10; tables of English-Greek, Greek-Latin, and Latin-Hebrew vocabulary. No rubric. The itineraries of William Wey, pp. 102–116.

(fols. 76r–83v) Item 11 ('Item de ciuitate Venecie et eorum dominiis et aliis locis a Venecia ad Ierusalem et aliis terris, et de reliquiis per viam et de dubiis motis et solutis'); miscellaneous section. The itineraries of William Wey, pp. 117–28.

(fols. 83v–86r) Rubric: In tabula ista sequenti continentur omnia in mappa terre sancte

(fols. 86r–89r) Rubric: Nomina ciuitatum opidum moncium vallium marium per litteras alphabeti in mappa mea de terra sancta

(fols. 89r–90v) Rubric: Distancie locorum in terra sancta

(fol. 91r–v) Rubric: Nomina greca & locucio greca

(fols. 92r–98r) Rubric: Indulgencie in cura Romana

(fols. 98r–101v) Rubric: Itinerarium peregrinacionis magistri Wyllemi Wey sacre theologie baccularii quondum socii collegii regalis beatissime marie etonie ad sanctum Iacobum in Ispannya

(fol. 101v) Rubric: Cantus paruulorum hyspanie saltancium ante peregrinaciones pro blankys & splintris

(fols. 102r–105r) Rubric: (fol. 102r) Hec subscripta audiui in Hispannia

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

ii (medieval parchment) + 103, foliated 1–105.

Decoration

Blue initials with penwork flourishing in red, fols. 17r-34r, 35r-49r, 76r-78r, 92r.

Rubrics and running headings in red, fols. 17r-34r.

Initials touched in red throughout, except fols. 102–105.

Musical notation

Square notation on staves of four lines (fol. 101v).

Binding

Traces on the front and back pastedowns of an earlier binding on four thongs fastened into two holes.

Acquisition

Presumably acquired by the Bodleian that year, but not referenced until after the Civil War.

Provenance

Owned by Wey. Written after his third pilgrimage, 1462, and before his death in 1476, perhaps after his entry to the Bonhommes of Edington around 1467.

Given by him to the house of Bonhommes, Edington, Wiltshire: ex dono magistri Willelmi Wey quondam socij collegij regalis beatissime marie Etone iuxta Windesoram huic sancto monasterio de Edyngton qui videlicet magister obijt Anno domini .Mo.cccxlxxvj xxx die mensis nouembris (fol. 105v).

The book 'of materys of Jerusalem, the second folio To every bayok', kept in the chapel of the sepulchre at Edington (fol. 2v).

Apparently bound and decorated at the costs of Edington: 'pro ligatura huius libri et 47tem literis iij s.' (back pastedown, in the same hand as items on fols. 1–2).

John Edwardes, late 16th cent. (back pastedown)

Ex dono magistri Tempest 1624 (front pastedown)

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