NYPL MA 64

Described de Ricci, Census, p. 1325; Peikola in Splendor, p. 83. An online facsimile of folios 1, 13, 92v, 320 and 325v may be accessed on the Digital Scriptorium and the NYPL Digital Collections.

[1]

f. 1

Here bigynneþ a rule þat telliþ in whiche chapitris of the bible ȝe may fynde þe lessouns pistlis and gospels þat ben rad in þe chirche al þe ȝeer after þe vss of salisbiri markid wiþ lettris of þe abc at þe bigynnynge of þe chapitris twoward þe myddil or ende after þe ordre as þe lettris stonden in þe abc … first is writun a clause of þe bigynnyge þerof & a clause of þe endinge þerof also for it bigynneþ at þe lettris of þe abc and eendiþ at twey stirkis in þe margin sonday in advent romans xiii d we knowen ende lorde ihesu crist wednysday matheu xxi a whanne ihesu crist ende …

f. 12v

… sanctus lyne [pope &] martir ebrue v a ech bisschop ende of melchesedech luk xix b a worþi man ende vp to ierusalem. ‘Kalender of lessouns pistlis and gospels of al þe ȝeer after þe vss of salisbirie’ (col.). Table of lections for use with the Wycliffite Bible throughout the church year, preceded by a ‘rule’ describing how to read the table. Ed. FM IV:683–696. The table starts at the first Sunday in advent with a reading from Romans 13:11–14 and specifies readings for dominicals and ferials, sanctorum (common and proper), and commemorations.

Other texts: see PML M.400 [11].

[2]

f. 1[13]ra

Matheu þat was of iude as he is sett first in ordre of þe gospeleris so he wroot first þe gospel in iude and fro þe offis of a tolgadere he was clepid to god whanne þis matheu hadde prechid first þe gospel in iude and wolde go to heþene men he wroot first þe gospel in ebrew …

f. 261[273]ra

… he seiþ þat beriþ witnessynge of þese þingis ȝhe amen i come soone amen come þou lord ihesu þe grace of oure lord iesu crist be wiþ ȝou alle amen.