DPL Reed MMF20

Lectionary, Middle English. England, fifteenth century

Single leaf. 210 by 131mm. Single column, 36 lines, ruled in ink, written space 153 by 94mm; gothic bookhand.

Text: The Old Testament and Epistle readings and the headings for the Gospel readings for part of the seventeenth week after Pentecost.
Decoration: Small capitals in blue with red penwork.
Provenance: Presumably from a table of lections included at the beginning or end of a Wycliffite New Testament. Purchased from Maggs catalogue 866 (1959), no. 20, in February 1960.
References: Manion, Vines, de Hamel no. 83; Reed Early Bibles no. 43.
Shelfmark: RMM Fragment 20.

Description reproduced from Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in New Zealand Collections (London, 1989) by permission of the authors (Christopher de Hamel, Margaret Manion, and the family of Vera F. Vines).