English devotional miscellany. - Wycliffe, John, -1384; Bromley, William, 1663?-1732; Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961; Bernard Quaritch (Firm); Princeton University. Library ([England], 1500)
A compilation of English devotional treatises, including a variant version of the Wycliffite version of the treatise on the Ten Commandments, excerpts from the first chapter and the 7th chapter of a Wycliffite treatise on the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, common prayers and texts in Middle English, and a prose text outlining stipulations for partaking in the Eucharist ("housell").
fol. 1r-5r. "Alle maner men shulden holden goddes biddynges, for withoutten holding of hem may no man be saued ..." -- fol. 5r-6r. "De septem operibus misericordie corporalibus ..." -- fol. 7r-7r. "Pater noster qui es in celis et cetera ..." -- fol. 7v-9v. "Also we commaunde you on goddis bihalue and under peyne of cursyng...."
Ms. codex.
Also available in an electronic version.
Text in Middle English and Latin.
Title from printed catalog.
Script: Bastard Anglicana.
Decoration: blue 3- or 2-line initials with red flourishes; alternating blue and red paraph marks.
Keywords: Devotional literature, English (Middle); Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern); Ten commandments -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.; Spirituality -- Catholic Church -- Early works to 1800.; Manuscripts, English (Middle) -- New Jersey -- Princeton; Manuscripts -- England -- 15th century