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The Clensyng of Mannes Soule

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Exeter, Exeter Cathedral Library, FMS/5

Fran Álvarez, Fragmentarium. 2022 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title The Clensyng of Mannes Soule
Shelfmarks FMS/5
Material Parchment
Place of Origin England
Date of Origin 15th century
Script, Hands

Northern Gothic textualis libraria of good quality. Its overall angular aspect is particularly notable in the bowls of b, d, g and o. Two-compartment a; f and tall s stand on the baseline; b, h, k, and l do not have loops on their ascenders; the shaft of t rises above the horizontal bar which ends in a downward stroke; ascenders and descenders are very short; y is dotted; round r and biting are used consistently throughout.

Dark brown ink used for the main text, whereas running titles on top margin are in red with blue paraph marks and blue underlining.

Original Condition

Page Height 190 – 195 mm
Page Width 135 – 150 mm
Height of Written Area 159 – 160 mm
Width of Written Area 98 – 100 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 27
Line Height 6 mm
Ruling Pencil

Current Condition

Dimensions Page size, (a) 190/195 x 135/150 mm, (b) 192/195 x 140/150 mm; written area, (a) 159 x 98 mm, (b) 160 x 100 mm

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Middle English
    • Title Clensyng of Mannes Soule
    • 1r
    • Edition Walter K. Everett, “A Critical Edition of the Confession Section of The Clensyng of Mannes Soule” (Ph.D. diss., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1974)

Host Volume

Title Sixe bookes of politics or civil doctrine
Date of Origin/Publication 1594
Place of Origin/Publication London
Shelfmark MP/LIP
Persons William Jones
Remarks

Early modern shelfmark on fo.1v reading B. J3, J2.

Bibliography

  • Michael E. Cornett, "The Form of Confession: A Later Medieval Genre for Examinig Conscience" (Ph.D. diss., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011), pp. 576-7 and 585-6.

     https://doi.org/10.17615/29yx-tt19
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