The Mirrour of the blessed lyf of Jesu Christ, etc

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Title: The Mirrour of the blessed lyf of Jesu Christ, etc
Alternative Title: Meditationes vitae Christi. English
Published / Created: [ca. 1450, between 1600 and 1700]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript on paper composed of two parts. Part I: The Mirrour of the Blessed Lyf of Jesu Christ (Meditationes vitae Christi), tr. Nicholas Love. Includes Adam of Dryburgh (Adam Scotus) O. Praem, later O. Carth. (d. 1212), De instructione animae; ends incomplete in I.4. Part II: The Thirty-Nine Articles (doctrinal formulas accepted by the Church of England), articles 1-19 only, in diagram form, all pages being organized in three sections titled "the truth", "the creed", and "errors".
Description: In English and Latin.
Script: Part I: Written by two scribes in Gothica Cursiva Libraria (Secretary very close to Anglicana). Part II: Written in careful Gothica Cursiva (Secretary).
Majuscules are heightened in red (?) up to f. 8v. Red paragraph marks (?). Plain red 2- to 4-line initials. A 4-line red (?) flourished initial with rather coarse penwork in (?), including a human head and a fish, on f. 1r.
Two parchment fly-leaves of the original binding are inserted after f. 100: they have been taken from a 13th-century manuscript and contain fragments of Codex Iustiniani, VI.3.
Extent: ff. iii + 102 : 290 x 215 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval England 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Church of England.
Subject (Topic): Devotional literature, English (Middle)
Manuscripts, Medieval
Theology, Doctrinal
Subjects: Church of England
Devotional literature, English (Middle)
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Theology, Doctrinal
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: The Mirrour of the Blessed Lyf of Jesu Christ. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.