Gesta infantiae salvatoris — c. 1315–1325; English
MS. Selden Supra 38
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Gesta infantiae salvatoris — c. 1315–1325; English
Apocalypse with commentary (French prose apocalypse) — c. 1315–1325; English
Shelfmark
MS. Selden Supra 38
Date
c. 1315–1325
Language
Anglo-Norman
Contents
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1659
Provenance
John Selden, 1584–1654
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Title
A French verse version of the De Infantia Salvatoris and of the Apocalypse
Shelfmark
MS. Selden Supra 38
Summary
Fol. 1, at end: 'Ci est fine du enfancie de Nostre Seignour', a later title; a French verse version of the De Infantia Salvatoris: beg. 'Dire uoil ci e retrere . chose ke vus en deit plere', with many illustrations, on a plain background coloured red and blue. The writer of the above title, and owner of the book, was 'Jehan Raynsford' 'de Tew Magna' (16th cent.; apparently owned also by Johanna Raynsford); but before him it had belonged to 'domina Johanna de Bischopusdon' (Bishopstone?). A 16th cent. hand has interlineated fol. 36v with a short account of the treatise in English. [Edited by E. W. Gast, Die beiden Redaktionen des Évangile de l'Enfance ..., Greifswald, 1909. Cr.]
Fol. 37, A French prose version of the Apocalypse with prologue and gloss, with 60 illustrations on diapered, gold or other background: beg. 'Sein Pol li apostle dist qe touz iceus qe voilent piement viure': a specimen passage from fols. 39v-41v is printed L. Delisle's L'Apocalypse en français au xiiie siècle, Introd., p. cclxviii (Soc. des Anciens Textes français, 1901); eight leaves are wanting.
See above.
Date
Written about A.D. 1300 in England
Language
French
Physical facet
On parchment; imperfect, with many miniatures, illuminated capitals, etc.
Physical extent
133 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 3441 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
A French verse version of the De Infantia Salvatoris and of the Apocalypse
