Uniform title: Richard and Mary Rouse Collection of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Written in Italy in the second half of the thirteenth century, a fragment from a pocket-size sermon book produced by its user, judging by its inexpert script, simplicity of design and execution, and the poor quality of the parchment. Bought from Bernard Rosenthal (his MS 62, in pencil on inside of front cover) in August 1988 by Richard and Mary Rouse. Given to UCLA in 2005.
Date:: XIII 2/2
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

Description:: Written in Germany in the middle of the fifteenth century, to judge from script, decoration, and the latest watermark; the copying, and perhaps the composition, are the owner’s. Acquired by Bernard Rosenthal, San Francisco, in or before 1983 (his no. 53, folio 1); bought from Rosenthal in March 1988 by Richard and Mary Rouse. Given to UCLA in 2005.
Date:: XV
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

Description:: Written in the first quarter of the fifteenth century in England, perhaps in or for use in Kent (indicated by inclusion in the calendar of a feast commemorating the return of Thomas Becket from exile, a local commemoration). Signatures f. 39: “Thomas” inverted; f. 58: “John” and “For I am in love with her that me r—ith”; f. 76v: “Antony Lister” (s. XV), f. 79: “Houbande Lister” inverted. Pen trials on ff. 30v, 39, 79. Pencil note on f. ii: “Purchased from the Towneley Hall Library” (Towneley Hall, Lancashire). Dealers’ notes on f. iv: “VNW 138” and “A6”. Bought by Les Enluminures at the Los Angeles Antiquarian Book Fair 16-18 February 1996. Bought from Les Enluminures by Richard and Mary Rouse in February 1996. Given to UCLA in 2005.
Date:: s. XV1/4.
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts