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Geographies of Orthodoxy: Mapping English Pseudo-Bonaventuran Lives of Christ, 1350-1550
Parchment Foliation 84 fols. Dimensions of Page and Writing Space Leaf size: x mm approx. Writing Space: mm approx. Collation Quires of 8. Quire 6 lacks 1 leaf and the last quire lacks 3 leaves. Layout - Rubrication/ Ordinatio Initials:
a full text many quires have been lost from the rear of the book. Number of Items 1 Title(s) of Pseudo-Bonaventuran Text(s) Book to a Mother , text ends imperfectly through loss of through loss of quires at rear (McCarthy,
by red bracketing. Illustration N/A Number of Scribal Hands 3: A: fols 1-19v (quires 1-2, item 1). B: fols 21-98r (quires 3-10, items 2-4). C: fols 99-121v (quires 11-13, item 5). Style of Hands All hands are described by Ker
in darkening and discolouration; according to quire signatures, this copy has lost the opening quire or perhaps the first two quires, and the initial leaf from the quire that now heads the volume (text begins 24:1, 'þe fader'); there are
92). Quires 2 and 3 have the signatures 'a' and 'b'; (due to an unfortunately situated snake weight in the images consulted in this description) only some signatures were visible in the second section of the MS, with quires 8,
Latin text or important words and phrases, eg. 'fader' 'Aue Maria' etc. Other: Catchwords (quires 1, 3-8, in (often serrated) rectangles, sometimes in red ink; quires signatures in red other than the first gathering; quire signatures are 'a' and '+'
flyleaf) Dimensions of Page and Writing Space Leaf Size: 215 x 135 mm (approx.) Collation The Mirror is constructed in quires of eight; quire signatures begin at a in the second gathering. Layout 1 column, 45 lines, ruled. Rubrication/ Ordinatio
a lost opening folio; in fact, an item or possibly several items may have preceded the Life , as 2 quires in addition to the lost opening folio appear to be missing from the book, see Contents . Colophon N/A
the Blessed Life , C15 Condition Imperfect at beginning with the loss of the outer bifolium in first quire, several quires missing at rear of the book. Some stained and darkened leaves, but generally in good condition. Number of Items
signatures, and quire 14 is designated 'L', when it should in fact be 'o', if the intervening quires were sequentially marked. The quires subsequent to 'L' follow accordingly, until the marks disappear again after quire 18 ('p'). It is possible
Oledzka from the Special Collections in the Bodleian Library. Collation The entire volume appears to have been constructed of quires of 8; the quire signatures in the booklet containing the Mirror to Lewed Men and Women begin at 'a',
beyond the writing frame to the edge of the leaf where there is a side note; this suggests that the quires were ruled against an exemplar, rather than en-masse in preparation for copying; pricking visible throughout. Rubrication/ Ordinatio Initials: Ornate
"had probably to recopy some materials in quires 26 and 27 to effect a clean join"; this argument is necessary because the items from the Pore Caitif continue from the interpolated booklet into quires 26 and 27 until fol. 209r
66 is an llustrated singleton bound after the sixth leaf of the quire), 10 (quire sig 'g') 8 , 11-15 (quires 13, 14, with quire sigs visible for 'k', and 'I'- there are also begins here a parallel set of
stub of a folio preceding the first leaf of the volume is visible, and it is possible more leaves (or quires) have been lost from the opening of the book. The Chastising ends imperfectly during chapter 14 (27 chapters are
(2 x columns of 90 mm) mm (approx.) This is the largest known codex containing the Mirror . Collation Quires of 8. Layout 2 columns, 56 lines; frames and lines ruled, pricking visible. Rubrication/ Ordinatio Initials: Good quality
gold and blue paraphs and in the reverse order on the recto side (although for much of the first 3 quires only chapter number and day have been entered). Side-notes in red set against alternate gold and coloured paraphs within
i (the opening original flyleaf and table of contents); 1 10 +1 (fols 2-12, quire a), 2-5 10 (fols 13-52, quires b-e); 6 12 (fols 53-64, quire f); 7 10 (fols 65-74, quire g); i + ii fols (item 2
1 item only. Estimated Date of Production 1st-2nd quarter C15. Writing Support Parchment; bound in white leather over papier-mâché boards; quires sewn onto 10 cords. Foliation 115 fols + i (flyleaf foliated as 116); foliated in pencil, top right corner,
Chaucer, An ABC to the Virgin , IMEV 239 ), fols 175r-178v. [John Thompson has argued that these opening items (quires 1-11), form a mini-anthology centred on the Cursor Mundi , might be viewed as the original book onto which