Robert Mannyng — 15th century, beginning.; England, HertfordshireThe localisation of the manuscript to Hertfordshire is by Angus McIntosh, M. L. Samuels and Michael Benskin ( A Linguistic Atlas of Late Mediaeval English (Aberdeen: 1986), I, p. 146). Sullens states that the manuscript was most likely written c. 1400, with this date supported by palaeographical analysis ( Handlyng Synne(Binghamton, New York: 1983), p. xxv; cited in Yoko Iyeiri, 'Negative Constructions in Selected Middle English Verse Texts' (1992), p. 28)
MS. Bodl. 415
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Robert Mannyng — 15th century, beginning.; England, HertfordshireThe localisation of the manuscript to Hertfordshire is by Angus McIntosh, M. L. Samuels and Michael Benskin ( A Linguistic Atlas of Late Mediaeval English (Aberdeen: 1986), I, p. 146). Sullens states that the manuscript was most likely written c. 1400, with this date supported by palaeographical analysis ( Handlyng Synne(Binghamton, New York: 1983), p. xxv; cited in Yoko Iyeiri, 'Negative Constructions in Selected Middle English Verse Texts' (1992), p. 28)
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 415
Place of origin
England, HertfordshireThe localisation of the manuscript to Hertfordshire is by Angus McIntosh, M. L. Samuels and Michael Benskin ( A Linguistic Atlas of Late Mediaeval English (Aberdeen: 1986), I, p. 146). Sullens states that the manuscript was most likely written c. 1400, with this date supported by palaeographical analysis ( Handlyng Synne(Binghamton, New York: 1983), p. xxv; cited in Yoko Iyeiri, 'Negative Constructions in Selected Middle English Verse Texts' (1992), p. 28)
Date
15th century, beginning.
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
vi + 93 leaves
Decoration
Penwork
Acquisition
Purchased (along with MS. Bodl. 481and many printed books) with £100, presented by Henry WriothesleyEarl of Southampton in 1605. The letter of thanks from the University bears the date 6 May 1605.
Provenance
Ashridge, Buckinghamshire, House of Bonshommes of St Mary the Virgin (and of the Holy Blood): 'Liber Douns [domis ? = domus] de Assherugge' (flyleaf iiiv, s. xv ex)
Erased inscription ad fin. (in the hand of the scribe, three lines, two black and one red, fol. 91v)
The inscription is legible in part under UV light: '[et dedit(?) domus(?) de asshrugg] Qui librum fur[ ]' -- 'de asshrugg' is certain ( MLGB3)
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