[Fragment of the Gospel of Mark, chapter 3, in Old English] [manuscript].
1025
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Title
[Fragment of the Gospel of Mark, chapter 3, in Old English] [manuscript].
Uniform title
Bible. Mark. English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
Created/published
[England], [between 1025 and 1050]
Description
1 item : parchment ; 115 x 22 (90 x 8) mm
Associated name
Material base
parchment
Note
Title devised by Folger cataloger.
Manuscript fragment bound as a stub at the back of Elyot, Thomas. Castell of helthe [1557?] (Folger STC 7649).
Identified by Clement as a fragment of an 11th century Old English manuscript, and by Rudolf as specifically a fragment of Mark, chapter 3, probably from the 2nd quarter of the 11th century, possibly from the southwest of England.
Original folio height: 350 mm to 380 mm (Rudolf)
Manuscript fragment bound as a stub at the back of Elyot, Thomas. Castell of helthe [1557?] (Folger STC 7649).
Identified by Clement as a fragment of an 11th century Old English manuscript, and by Rudolf as specifically a fragment of Mark, chapter 3, probably from the 2nd quarter of the 11th century, possibly from the southwest of England.
Original folio height: 350 mm to 380 mm (Rudolf)
Publications about material
Richard W. Clement. "An Anglo-Saxon Fragment at the Folger Shakespeare Library." Old English Newsletter 22.2 (1989), 56-7.
Rudolf, Winfried. "A Fragment of the Old English Version of the Gospel of Mark in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC." The Library, 18.4 (December 2017), 405-417 (https://doi.org/10.1093/library/18.4.405)
Rudolf, Winfried. "A Fragment of the Old English Version of the Gospel of Mark in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC." The Library, 18.4 (December 2017), 405-417 (https://doi.org/10.1093/library/18.4.405)
Provenance
Ownership inscriptions within the bound book: "Ben. Smythe propr. est hic liber 3 1679" [altered from 1660] and "Jno Grimault 1802" on title page; "Thomas Gryffyn hys book" on printer's waste opposite title page; "John Bowyer his booke" on N8v.
Source of acquisition
Puchased as part of the Harmsworth collection in 1938.
Genre/form
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England
Call number
Bd.w. STC 7649