COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_Takamiya_ms56_open
Manuscript Identifier:
Takamiya MS 56
Title:
Prayer Roll in Middle English and Latin, open
Alternative Title:
MS 56
Incipit:
Quesumus omnipotens deus
Origin Date:
between 1425-1475
Origin Location:
England
Description:
Mid-fifteenth century Middle English and Latin prayer roll featuring four illustrations. Part of the personal collection of Mr. Toshiyuki Takamiya, MA, FSA, HoLittD, Professor Emeritus, Keio University.
Provenance:
Composed in England (Tewekesbury?). Purchased by Mr. Takamiya at St. John's Seminary, Wonersh on December 8, 1975 from lot 68.
Manuscript Parts:
Four membranes
Explicit:
oure lady mary longe
Extent:
4 membranes
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin
Subject:
Prayers, Medieval
Subject:
Scrolls
Subject:
Manuscripts, English (Middle)
Language:
enm
Language:
lat
Dimensions:
1730 x 80 mm
Material:
vellum
Decoration Description:
Textual capitals touched in red, 2-line initials in red; Four illustrations in dark brown, red, yellow, and green.
Description of Hands:
Written in rounded gothic bookhand.
Is Part Of:
The personal collection of Mr. Toshiyuki Takamiya, MA, FSA, HoLittD, Professor Emeritus, Keio University
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2013
Type:
Text
Format:
image/tiff
Is Referenced By:
Morse, Mary. "Two Unpublished English Elevation Prayers in Takamiya MS 56." Journal of the Early Book Society 16 (2013): 269-277.
Is Referenced By:
Morse, Mary. "'Thys moche more ys oure lady mary longe': Takamiya MS 56 and the English Birth Girdle Tradition." In Middle English Texts in Transition: A Festschrift Dedicated to Toshiyuki Takamiya on his 70th Birthday, edited by Simon Horobin and Linne Mooney, 199-219. York: York Medieval Press, 2014.
Is Referenced By:
Takamiya, Toshiyuki. "A Handlist of Western Medieval Manuscripts in the Takamiya Collection." In The Medieval Book: Glosses from Friends & Colleagues of Christopher De Hamel, edited by James H. Marrow, Richard A. Linenthal, and William Noel, 431. 't Goy-Houten: Hes & De Graaf, 2010.
Rights Statement:
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.
Prayer Roll in Middle English and Latin, open
