Table of lections of Type I, New Testament in the Later Version of the Wycliffite Bible with usual prologues — 15th century, first quarter; England

Title

Table of lections of Type I, New Testament in the Later Version of the Wycliffite Bible with usual prologues — 15th century, first quarter; England

Shelfmark

MS. Junius 29

Date

15th century, first quarter

Language

Latin

Middle English (1100-1500)

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment, paper flyleaves

Physical extent

204 leaves, c.

Hands

textura; the work of several scribes; the spacing of letters and the appearance of script often change (e.g., end of the second column on fol. 65r; second column on fol. 70r)

Decoration

5-line gold initial on blue and pink background and penwork border at the beginning of Matthew; 3- to 6-line blue initials with red penwork and penwork borders at the beginnings of other books.

2- to 4-line blue initials with red penwork at the beginnings of prologues and chapters. Capitals that follow the initials are decorated with human faces or geometric designs.

Rubrics in red ink.

Binding

White vellum over pasteboard, 17th century. Blind and gilt fillet-line border round the outer edge of both covers; stamped gold initials ‘E G’ on both covers. Fragments of two ties. Five raised bands on spine framed with gilt fillet lines; gilt floral decoration at the top and bottom of spine. ‘MSS. Junii.’, ‘29’, and ‘New Testam:’ written in brown ink on spine. ‘25’ written in ink on the front cover. Pastedowns made of laid paper with watermarks.

Acquisition

Bodleian Library: bequeathed by Junius.

Provenance

Translation of Thomas Becket and titles ‘pope’ are smudged in the table of lections, presumably at Reformation.

ɛʋλαβοʋ αναγνώστης, ‘reader beware’, late 16th century (?) (fol. 13r). An equivalent of the Latin phrase Caveat anagnostes/Caveat lector, perhaps deliberately translated back into Greek. The Apocalypse completed from the Geneva Bible. Nouum Testamentum and Tabula on fols. iv verso and 1r; short notes elsewhere in the MS.

17th-century binding with initials ‘E G’.

Francis Junius (1591–1677); see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Title

The New Testament in English in the later version of Wycliffe

Shelfmark

MS. Junius 29

Summary

The New Testament in English in the later version of Wycliffe, with the usual prologues, beg. 'Mathew pat was of Jude' and ending in Rev. xxi, which has been completed by a 16th-cent. hand: preceded by tables of lessons, epistles, and gospels for the whole year, according to the use of Sarum, imperfect (fol. 1).

Date

Written in the 1st half of the 15th century in England

Language

English

Physical facet

On parchment, in double columns. With illuminated capitals; binding, white vellum tooled in gold, stamped with 'E.G.' on outer front cover, 17th-cent. work

Physical extent

200 Leaves

Custodial history

At the top of fol. 13 is "εvλɑβοv ɑ'νɑγνώστης".