Accession number:
MS M.519
Title:
Rule of Christian religion.
Created:
England, after 1443.
Binding:
English tree calf, gold-tooled; ca. 1790.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911.
Description:
192 leaves (1 column, 38 lines), bound : vellum ; 270 x 190 mm
Provenance:
From the Bibliotheca Swaniana (written in brown ink in large letters on title page); sale by King (London, Mar. 17, 1799, lot 68); sold by Cochran (catalogue, 1829, no. 69) to Sir Thomas Phillipps (Phillipps, no. 6243); his sale (London, Sotheby's, Apr. 27, 1911, lot 801) to Andrew; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Pearson in 1911; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. written and decorated in England in the 15th century (after 1443).
Includes later 15th century marginal comments and notes in Latin.
Script:
English cursive script
Language:
Middle English
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