New Testament
Accession number:
MS M.400
Title:
New Testament
Created:
England, 1380-1399.
Binding:
19th century vellum over boards, gilt-tooled fleur-de-lis panel; blue morocco doublures; lettered: The Newe Testament - translated in to Englishe by John Wycliffe - Circa A.D. 1380.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description:
159 leaves (2 columns, 39 lines), bound : vellum ; 210 x 140 mm
Provenance:
Said to have come down as an heirloom from Margaret Roper, daughter of Sir Thomas More; Rev. Thomas Roper; Henry Wilett sale (London, Christie's, July 5, 1905, lot 36) to Quaritch; sold (1906) by Quaritch to George C. Thomas, Philadelphia (catalogue, 1907, p. 23); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Mrs. G.C. Thomas in 1910; J.P. Morgan (1867-1913).
Notes:
Ms. Bible (New Testament only), written in England at the end of the 14th century.
John Purvey's version of Wycliffe's translation.
Script:
textura
Language:
Middle English
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