Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 201: New Testament in the translation of John Wycliffe University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 201: New Testament in the translation of John Wycliffe are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Ms. codex. Description taken from Josephine A. Koster's master's thesis on this manuscript (copy on file in the Library). Marginal glosses in Old English and Latin on ff. 42v, 46v. and 212r. The Middle English poem on f. 4r observes poetic lineation; T. Edward Ross erroneously concluded that it was "written in prose," possibly because of cropping that destroyed some line endings (A Catalogue of the T. Edward Ross Collection, pp. 27-28). The traditional prologue to the Epistle of James has been transferred to the Epistles of Peter. Ross mistakenly concludes that this prologue "is not found in any of the manuscripts examined by Forshall and Madden" (A Catalogue of the T. Edward Ross Collection, p. 28). The autograph of Gilbert, Bishop of Bath and Wells, appears on f. 1r. This office was held by two men named Gilbert: Gilbert Bourne, in office 1554-1560; and Gilbert Berkeley, in office 1560-1581. Thirteenth folio before the end has been partly cut out; final four folios are badly torn with loss of text. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 201 9915517833503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122691526 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1551783 Also includes poems and other scriptural, liturgical and devotional works. Middle English; some works in Latin New Testament in the translation of John Wycliffe translator Wycliffe, John, d. 1384 former owner Ross, T. Edward [i] Selections from a Wycliffite Floretum or Rosarium, p. [ii] [i] Collection of authorities on priestly behavior, p. [ii] [vii] Moral poem, p. [vii] 1 Gospel of Matthew, p. 1 1 [=55] Prologue of Mark, p. 1 [=55] 2 [=56] Second prologue and gospel of Mark, p. 2 [=56] 36 [=90] Prologue to Luke, p. 36 [=90] 1 [=91] Second prologue, p. 1 [=91] 2 [=92] Gospel of Luke, p. 2 [=92] 62 [=152] Prologue of John, p. 62 [=152] 1 [=153] Gospel of John, p. 1 [=153] 47 [=199] Prologue of epistle to the Romans, p. 47 [=199] 5 [=203] Epistle to the Romans, p. 5 [=203] 29 [=227] Prologue and epistle to the Corinthians, p. 29 [=227] 25 [=251] Prologue and second epistle to the Corinthians, p. 25 [=251] 1 [=267] Prologue and epistle to the Galatians, p. 1 [=267] 1 [=275] Prologue and epistle to the Ephesians, p. 1 [=275] 8 [=282] Prologue of the epistle to the Philippians, p. 8 [=282] 1 [=283] Epistle to the Philippians, p. 1 [=283] 1 [=288] Prologue and epistle to the Colossians, p. 1 [=288] 1 [=293] Prologue and epistle to the Thessalonians, p. 1 [=293] 6 [=298] Prologue and second epistle to the Thessalonians, p. 6 [=298] 1 [=301] Prologue and epistle to Timothy, p. 1 [=301] 7 [=307] Prologue and second epistle to Timothy, p. 7 [=307] 1 [=312] Prologue and epistle to Titus, p. 1 [=312] 1 [=314] Prologue and epistle to Philemon, p. 1 [=314] 2 [=315] Prologue to the epistle to Hebrews, p. 2 [=315] 1 [=316] Epistle to the Hebrews, p. 1 [=316] 1 [=333] Prologue and deeds of the Apostles, p. 1 [=333] 58 [=390] Epistle of James, p. 58 [=390] 1 [=396] Prologue of epistle to Peter, p. 1 [=396] 2 [=397] First epistle to Peter, p. 2 [=397] 8 [=403] Second epistle to Peter, p. 8 [=403] 1 [=407] First epistle to John, p. 1 [=407] 7 [=413] Second and third epistles to John, p. 7 [=413] 1 [=414] Epistle to Jude, p. 1 [=414] 1 [=416] Prologue and book of revelations, p. 1 [=416]

parchment

 239 leaves : 185 x 113 (146 x 85) mm. bound to 193 x 120 mm Parchment, i (near contemporary parchment) + 239 + i (near contemporary parchment) leaves; [i-viii], 1-54, [55-470]. Individual books of the New Testament paginated independently in a later hand.

I², II-XXVIII⁴, XXIX⁴ (-1), XXX⁵, XXXI¹.

 Written in two columns of 37 lines; frame-ruled in ink. The text of the New Testament is written in a single hand. Many of the other portions are written in different hands, all varieties of Anglicana script. Extensive use of red for headings and filigree; blue for initials. Owner note, p. [i] Manicule, p. 18 [=72] Manicule, p. 29 [=119] Manicule, p. 59 [=149] Manicule, p. 5 [=231] Manicule, p. 11 [=237] Manicules, p. 14 [=240] Manicules, p. 15 [=241] Manicule, p. 10 [=310] Manicule, p. 4 [=394] Manicule, p. 5 [=395] Manicule, p. 4 [=399] Manicule, p. 7 [=402]

16th-century calf, with a gilded design.

Written in England; late 14th to early 15th century.

late 14th to early 15th century England Gilbert, Bishop of Bath and Wells (autograph, f. 1r). Gift of T. Edward Ross, 1947 (bookplate, inside upper cover). Book Type Accounts Antiphonary Armorial Bible Biography Book of Hours Breviary Chronicle Collection of Sermons Commentary Dictionary Document Dogale Friendship book Genealogy Glossary Gospel Lectionary Gospels Gradual Haggadah Homilary Horologion Hymnal Koran Lectionary Mass book Miscellany Missal Pontifical Portolan chart Prayer book Private devotional text Processional Protective scroll Psalter Psalter-Hours Qur`an Recipe book Saint's Life Scribal manual Song book Torah Treatise Century 6th century 7th century 8th century 9th century 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century Culture Abbasid Arabic Armenian Ashkenazi Austrian Byzantine Carolingian Chinese Christian Coptic Dutch Egyptian English Ethiopian Fatimid Flemish French German Indian Islamic Italian Jewish Mamluk Mughal Ottoman Ottonian Persian Portuguese Qajar Rajput Russian Safavid Sephardi Spanish Timurid Turkish Yemenite Descriptive term Accordion book Album Annotated Binding Calligraphy Caroline minuscule Chart Charter Colophon Damage Diagrams Drawing Early Abbasid script Fragment Gloss Gothic Gothic book hand Grisaille Grotesques Headpiece Heraldry Historiated initial Humanistic Illumination Illustration Inhabited initial Kufic Manicules Medallion Micrography Miniature Missing leaves Musical notation New Abbasid style Notable binding Original binding Ornament Painting Palimpsest Paper Penwork initial Puzzle initial Ragini Romanesque Scrapbook Scroll Scroll-work initial Seals Tables Textura Treasure binding Watermark White-vine lettering Woodcuts Geography Afghanistan Armenia Austria Belgium Central Arab lands (Near East) Central Asia China Egypt England Ethiopia Flanders France Germany Greece India Iran Iraq Israel Italy Maghreb Morocco Netherlands Pakistan Portugal Romania Russia Spain Sub-Saharan (West) Africa Turkey Wales Yemen Other Alchemy Allegory Astrology Astronomy Biblical Binding waste Cartography Church Fathers Cosmology Devotion Financial records Fortune-telling Friendship Games Geography Geomancy Grammar History Kabbalah Legal Literature -- Poetry Literature -- Prose Liturgy Logic Magic Maritime Mathematics Mineralogy Philosophy Piyutim Responsa Science Science -- Medicine Scripture Sufism Theology Catholic Church--Discipline Catholic Church--Liturgy Christian poetry, English (Middle) Devotional literature, English (Middle) English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500 English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500 Lollards Religious poetry, English Codices Manuscripts, English (Middle)--14th century Manuscripts, English (Middle)--15th century Manuscripts, Medieval Manuscripts, Renaissance 14th century 15th century Literature -- Poetry Private devotional text Christian English England Bible Biblical