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Title

Contemplations of the dread and love of God ... etc.

Other related names

• Rolle, Richard, 1290?-1349, attributed name
• Moore, Thomas, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 197
(3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9915805953503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122528629
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1580595

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Middle English

Origin

Date

circa 1400

Place

England

Summary

Manuscript copy of the text, Contemplations of the dread and love of God, sometimes erroneously attributed to Richard Rolle. This text covers f. 1-131 of the manuscript; it begins in the middle of the early section, What ys charite; how and whi thou schalt love God, and lacks the final leaf where this text ends and the next begins. Followed by additional prayers, poems, and homilies. These include prayers to Jesus, the Blessed Virgin, St. John the Baptist, St. Katherine and others. Also includes texts on virtues and on the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger (J.E. Krochalis). Spine title illegible.
   
• Much descriptive information taken from a 1977 Library Chronicle article by J. E. Krochalis (one copy is on file in the Library, another is shelved with the manuscript). According to Krochalis, the title "Contemplations of the dread and love of God" was given to the work by Wynkyn de Worde when he printed it in 1506.
   
• According to J. E. Krochalis, one of the short poems (f. 135r-v; inc.: I þe honor w[i]t[h] al my mygt ... ) has been published in modern anthologies.
   
• Imperfect. Possibly up to three quires lacking at the beginning; also one leaf each between f. 131-132; 135-136; 141-142; and 146-147 (the last survives partially as a torn fragment).
   
• Book block in generally good condition. Stains; first and last leaves soiled. Ink on some folios has worn off to the point of illegibility, especially on earlier folios.
   
• Description of the manuscript by Jim Stokes, dated 18 August 1979, is on file in the Library. This is the source of the collation and some other details. A copy is shelved with the manuscript.
   
• Also shelved with the manuscript are the following: a xerox copy of the first eleven leaves, to augment the microfilm (since this portion of the manuscript is faded; and a xerox copy of signatures of the poet Thomas Moore, from Houghton Library, Harvard.
   

Extent

149 leaves : 119 x 78 (68 x 42) mm. bound to 126 x 77 mm

Foliation

Parchment, i (modern paper) + 148 + i (modern paper), [1-148]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; unnumbered fragmentary leaf between f. 146-147.

Collation

1-16⁸, 17⁸ (lacks one leaf of center bifolium), 18⁸ (lacks outer bifolium), 19⁸ (leaf 5 of quire torn, stub visible; not included in modern foliation). It appears that as many as three quires are missing from the front of the manuscript. (This collation taken from a description by Jim Stokes, written in August 1979; a copy is on file in the Library.).

Support

Parchment

Binding

Modern leather binding (CCAHA, 2015); formerly in an 18th-century leather binding with broken spine and hinges (remnants shelved with manuscript).

Layout

Written in 15 long lines; frame-ruled in ink.

Decoration

Some catchwords ornamented with illustrated figures. Headings in red. Paragraph marks and initial capitals in blue, capitals on pen-work grounds of red.

Script

Written in two different Anglicana book hands. Folios 1-145v are written in a single hand; a second, later scribe copied the remaining folios.

Provenance

• Thomas Moore (f. 141v, in an 18th-century hand); R. Rich (f. 141v, upper margin); "Bought at the Harmsworth Sale ... Dec. 1945 by Wilmot, Master Binder at the Bodleian" (modern pencil note, inside back cover).
   
• Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 1946.
   

Subjects topical

• God--Worship and love--Early works to 1800
• Fear of God--Early works to 1800
• Lollards
• Sermons, English (Middle)

Genres

• Sermons
• Codices
• Manuscripts, English (Middle)--14th century
• Manuscripts, English (Middle)--15th century
• Manuscripts, Medieval

Keywords

• 14th century
• 15th century
• English
• England
• Collection of Sermons

Licenses

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Decorations

• fol. 3v — Manicule, f. 3v
• fol. 3v — Drawing, Vines, f. 3v
• fol. 6r — Manicule, f. 6r
• fol. 8v — Penwork initial, Initial T, f. 8v
• fol. 8v — Decorated catchword, Men, f. 8v
• fol. 11v — Penwork initial, Initial T, f. 11v
• fol. 16r — Penwork initial, Initial T, f. 16r
• fol. 16v — Decorated catchword, f. 16v
• fol. 19r — Penwork initial, Initial T, f. 19r
• fol. 20v — Penwork initial, Initial T, f. 20v
• fol. 23v — Penwork initial, Initial T, f. 23v
• fol. 24v — Decorated catchword, f. 24v
• fol. 26r — Penwork initial, Initial T, f. 26r
• fol. 28r — Penwork initial, Initial T, f. 28r
• fol. 31r — Marginal note, f. 31r
• fol. 32r — Penwork initial, Initial T, f. 32r
• fol. 32v — Decorated catchword, Animal, f. 32v
• fol. 34r — Penwork initial, Initial T, f. 34r
• fol. 36r — Penwork initial, Initial T, f. 36r
• fol. 38v — Penwork initial, Initial T, f. 38v
• fol. 40v — Decorated catchword, Grotesque, f. 40v
• fol. 41v — Penwork initial, Initial T, f. 41v
• fol. 46v — Penwork initial, Initial T, f. 46v
• fol. 48r — Manicule, f. 48r
• fol. 48v — Decorated catchword, Animal, f. 48v
• fol. 54v — Marginal note, f. 54v
• fol. 56v — Decorated catchword, f. 56v
• fol. 58v — Penwork initial, Initial W, f. 58v
• fol. 64v — Decorated catchword, Man, f. 64v
• fol. 71v — Penwork initial, Initial P, f. 71v
• fol. 72v — Decorated catchword, Man, f. 72v
• fol. 80v — Decorated catchword, f. 80v
• fol. 84v — Penwork initial, Initial B, f. 84v
• fol. 88v — Decorated catchword, Flower, f. 88v
• fol. 96v — Decorated catchword, f. 96v
• fol. 99r — Penwork initial, Intial C, f. 99r
• fol. 104v — Decorated catchword, f. 104v
• fol. 108r — Manicule, f. 108r
• fol. 112v — Decorated catchword, f. 112v
• fol. 113r — Penwork initial, Initial P, f. 113r
• fol. 120r — Penwork initial, Initial P, f. 120r
• fol. 120v — Decorated catchword, f. 120v
• fol. 122r — Penwork initial, Initial T, f. 122r
• fol. 128v — Decorated catchword, f. 128v
• fol. 135r — Penwork initial, Initial P, f. 135r
• fol. 135v — Decorated catchword, Grotesque, f. 135v
• fol. 140r — Penwork initial, Initial N, f. 140r
• fol. 141v — Owner note, f. 141v
• fol. 142r — Penwork initial, Initial S, f. 142r
• fol. 143r — Penwork initial, Initial S, f. 143r
• fol. 144r — Penwork initial, Initial S, f. 144r
• fol. 144v — Penwork initial, Initial N, f. 144v
• fol. 146r — Penwork initial, Initial H, f. 146r
• fol. 147v — Penwork initial, Initial T, f. 147v