f.1 Atte begynnynge of this boke is the proheme of the boke that is cleped the mirrour of the blessed lif of ihesu crist.
Capitula.
f.2b Here begynneth the proheme of this boke that is cleped etc.
Quecunque scripta sunt -spem habeamus ad Rom. xvo capitulo.
These ben the wordes of the gret doctour.
f.5 has a good border.
f.5 A deuoute meditacyon of ye gret counsail in heuene for restoryng of man and his saluacyoun
After the tyme that man was exiled.
Ends with the section
De oracione sacri altaris
-by vertu and grace of thy lyf blessed wiþout endyng. Amen.
Expl. Speculum vite Christi complete.
And for as muche as þat blessed and worthy ffeste of þe precious sacrament of the body in the which he is euery day bodely present wiþ us to our moost comfort þat we may haue here in erþe is the ende and the conclusyon of alle oþer ffestes of hym graciously and resonably ordeyned by holichirche as it is before saide . therefore thorugh the grace of þe holigoste and of hym of whom that hye and worthy feste is. We haue spoken somwhat in the last forsaide tretyse vnto comforte of hem þat trewly bileuen . and to confusyon of alle false lollardes and heretykcs.
Memorandum quod circa a.d. millm. quadringentesimum decimum originalis copia huius libri s. Speculi vite christi in anglicis presentabatur london. per compilatorem eiusdem Reuerendissimo in Chr. patri et dom. dom. Thome Arundell . cantuar. Archiep. ad inspiciendum et debite examinandum . antequam fuerat libere communicata. Qui post inspeccionem eiusdem per dies aliquot retradens ipsum librum memorato auctori eiusdem libri proprie vocis oraculo ipsum in singulis commendauit et approbauit necnon in auctoritate sua metropolitica vtpote catholicum publice communicandum fore decreuit et mandauit ad ndelium edificacionem et hereticorum siue lollardorum falsorum confutacionem. Amen.
The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
B.15.16
| Shelfmark | B.15.16 |
|---|---|
| Manuscript Title | Nicholas Love, Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ |
| Alternative Title | The Mirror of the Blessed Life of Christ In English. |
| James Number | 352 |
| Century | 15th |
| Physical Description | 33 lines to a page. Well written, with good English ornament. |
| Provenance | Given by Willmer. Belonged to John Langridge, priest, and to a parson of Barkham (Berks). On f.133b is Obitus nicholai langrige iij die Januarii A.d. M. to ccccc xiiijo cuius anime propicietur deus et corpus dicti nicholai sepultus est in ecclesia b. marie virginis in kyrkby in lonisdall in comitatu westmerland Eboracensis dioc. On f.134 pray for the good helthe of John langrig'pryest, and for the sovllys of nicholis langrig' Roger and Robertt sonnys of ye seid nocholys. Md that the xiiij day of September in the feaste of the exaltacyon of the crosse the yere of oure lorde gode a thowsonde fyve hundred lii kynge Edwarde the sixte and in the sixte yere of hys gracis regne hvnted in the bear wood in the forest of Wenssor and theer did his grace kyll a great bucke and d ... John Wylson of barkham then kepper of the balywick of fynchamsted and of the bear wood. Also the kyngs grace was that same tyme wthin the paryshe of barkham. On 134b is a list of names and payments ranging from id to xvid headed |
| Donor | Wilmer, George (c.1583-1626), Alumnus Of Trinity (Matric 1598) |
| Size (cm) | 30.5 x 22.5 |
| Folio | 134 ff. |
| Material | Parchment |
| Language | Middle English |
| Collation | 18 a8-i8 (wants 8)-q8 (wants 8 blank). |
| IIIF Manifest URL |  https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B.15.16/manifest.json |
| Online Since | 05/11/2013 |
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