Here bigynneth a rule that tellith in whiche chapiters of the bible ye may fynde the lessons, pistles and gospels Listed in De Ricci, Seymour, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York. : Wilson, 1935; and Supplement, New York, : Bibliographical Society of America, 1962. Ownership : Name John papell. Lenox collection. 30-35 long lines, in 2 columns in main text, in 6 columns in list of lessons. Ruled in pencil, catchwords visible. Blue initials with red penwork; some gold initials on colored fields, rubrics, placemarkers. Conrad Lin


Here bigynneth a rule that tellith in whiche chapiters of the bible ye may fynde the lessons, pistles and gospels Listed in De Ricci, Seymour, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York. : Wilson, 1935; and Supplement, New York, : Bibliographical Society of America, 1962. Ownership : Name John papell. Lenox collection. 30-35 long lines, in 2 columns in main text, in 6 columns in list of lessons. Ruled in pencil, catchwords visible. Blue initials with red penwork; some gold initials on colored fields, rubrics, placemarkers. Conrad Lindberg places this manuscript (his number 201) in the group called the Later Version, and calls it a complete New Testament (Lindberg, pp. 337-9). De Ricci and a dossier note call this Purvey's version of Wycliffe's translation. De Ricci, 1325. Lindberg article. Chart by Dr. Guest. Library dossier. Later version, containing the apocryphal Epistle to the Laodocians (following Colossians); its table lists lections from the Old Testament as well as those from the epistles and gospels. Parchment Professor Paul Acker dates this manuscript to ca. 1420. We thank Professor Paul Acker for his notes on this manuscript. 2 scribes; second begins f. 320; Here bigynneth a rule that tellith in whiche chapiters of the bible ye may fynde the lessons, pistles and gospels.


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