Selwyn College 108.L. 1

Described Ker, MMBL II. 258; Thompson, 13.

[1]

f. 1

God made mank[…]de aftur his owne ymage in lyknesse and put hym in paradys þat was a lond of blysse and ȝef hym þat lond to haue ywoned þerynne euermore and neuer to han be ded so þat he were buxom to hym and dyde what he bede hym and kepte trewliche his heste as he was yholde by pure kynde …

f. 12v

… and þe sefeþe day schulde be holy as þe furste þis god ordeyneþ for þer schulden hafen in muynde how in þe furste moneþ of …

A Prologue headed in the upper margin with the names ‘maria jhesu johannes’ (on which see Paues, as below, p. xli) taking the form of a dialogue, ending imperfectly, to a copy of a New Testament reader apparently designed for female recipient(s); Wells Rev. 2:546 [47], IPMEP 263, compare IPMEP 413; LALME I:64; see also Hanna London Literature, p. 306. For a list of MSS see Paues, pp. xi–x. MSS already indexed: IMEP IV, BodL Douce 250 [1]; IMEP XIX, CUL Dd.12. 39 [3]; IMEP XX, Camb Corpus Christi Col 434 [1]–[7].

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f. 13

Sister þre aposteles þat weren most pryfe wiþ crist petur and james and jon wryteþ pysteles to þe pepel how þei schulen lyue and peter seiþ on þis wyse yblessed be god þe [fa]der of oure lord ihesu crist þat of his grete mercy haþ bygeten ȝow aȝeyn into on hope by þe arysynge from deþ to lyfe of ihesu crist and into an herytage incoruptybel vndefouled þat may noȝt welewe þat is ykept in hefne in ȝow þat beþ ykept in þe vertu of god by feiþ into hele þat is redy to ben yschewed …

f. 17

… he schal make ȝow parfyt and conferme ȝow and stable ȝou to hym by blysse and empyre from world to worlde

Extract from the first epistle of Peter beginning at 1:3 ending at 5:11 with an introduction establishing the idea of a teaching relationship between writer and recipient.