Research Catalog

Title

The Pilgrimage of the Soul, or Grace Dieu.

Author

Guillaume, de Deguileville, active 14th century

Publication

Somerby?, England, approximately 1430.

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Details

Additional Authors

New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 19.

Description

140 leaves, bound : parchment , ink, manuscript, illuminations; 267 x 190 mm

Alternative Title

• Grace Dieu
• Incipit liber qui nuncupatur Grace Dieu. Cap. primus. Grace Dieu

Subjects

• illuminated manuscripts
• Early works
• vellum (parchment)
• Manuscripts > England > 15th century
• Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
• Manuscripts, English (Middle) > New York (State) > New York
• Illumination of books and manuscripts
• Manuscripts, English
• Manuscripts, English (Middle) > England > 15th century

Genre/Form

• Manuscripts – England – 15th century.
• vellum (parchment)
• Early works.
• Wooden boards (Binding)
• Leather bindings (Binding)
• illuminated manuscripts.

Note

• Text is part 2 of a French trilogy in verse by Guillaume Deguileville; composed in several stages mid-14th century. Middle English prose adaptation 1413 (see f. 136). 10 full ms copies survive of pt. 2, all using same translation as source.
• Datable between 1413, when the text was translated into English (southeast Midlands), and 1450, bequest of Thomas Cumberworth; probably ca. 1430. B.L. Egerton 615 and Lansdowne 204 are stylistically and decoratively related to this manuscript.
• Layout: Written in 35-6 long lines per page, ruled in faded ink. Catchwords and quire signatures visible. Quaternions are the norm.
• Decoration: 26 miniatures of approx. 1/3 of the page in height. 1-line red and blue initials. 2-line and 3-line blue initials with red penwork. 2-line gold initials. 6-line and 7-line color and initials on gold fields with full border decorated with flowers, leaves etc.
• Script: Anglicana.

Access (note)

• Restricted use.

Indexed In (note)

• The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005)
• Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Seymour de Ricci. (Wilson Co., New York, 1937)

Cite As (note)

• NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 19

Language (note)

• In Middle English; Latin.

Provenance (note)

• Owned by Sir Thomas Cumberworth, who bequeathed it (1450) to his chaplain. Given ca. 1500 to nunnery of Marrick by widow of Sir Richard Radcliffe. John Cowper; Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland; Lord Leconfield.

Binding (note)

• Bound in original wooden boards covered with white deerskin.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 19

OCLC

1337611446

Author

Guillaume, de Deguileville, active 14th century, author.

Title

The Pilgrimage of the Soul, or Grace Dieu.

Imprint

Somerby?, England, approximately 1430.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Access

Restricted use. Requires permission for access.

Indexed In:

The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005), n. 94.

Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Seymour de Ricci. (Wilson Co., New York, 1937), p. 1339, no. 19.

Cite As:

NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 19

Language

In Middle English; Latin.

Provenance

Owned by Sir Thomas Cumberworth, who bequeathed it (1450) to his chaplain. Given ca. 1500 to nunnery of Marrick by widow of Sir Richard Radcliffe. John Cowper; Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland; Lord Leconfield.

Binding

Bound in original wooden boards covered with white deerskin.

Source of description

Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

England Somerby.

Added Author

New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 19.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 19