GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001400
TitleThe Winchester Anthology
ShelfmarkAdd MS 60577
Creation Dateca. 1487 - 1574
RepositoryBritish Library
Contents NoteMiscellany of verse and prose (authors include Francesco Petrarca and John Lydgate), written in seven different hands. There is also a sermon by John White, sheet music, prayers, medical recipes, and grammatical texts. Languages: Latin, Middle English, French, English. A member of William Waynflete's household may have been responsible for the initial compilation of this volume.
Material FeaturesFifteenth-century blind-stamped binding with clasps, by the 'Virgin and Child' binder, c. 1480-1500.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Bauy, Henrymanuscript owner - Brinstan, Johnmanuscript owner - Buriton, Johnmanuscript owner - Dackomb, Thomasmanuscript owner - Waynflete, Williammanuscript owner - Wey, William
ProvenanceJohn Brinstan sold the manuscript to John Buriton, monk of St Swithun's, Winchester for 3s 4d (see f. ii). Thomas Dackomb (1496-c. 1572), petty canon of Winchester Cathedral, owned this manuscript in 1549 (see f. 1r). Other owners include William Wey, lay singing-man at Winchester Cathedral (fl. 1559) and Henry Bauy (fl. late sixteenth century).
AcquisitionBernard Quaritch Ltd. purchased this manuscript at Sotheby's, 19 June 1979. This manuscript was subsequently acquired by the British Library in the same year.
Source of DataBL Catalogue (see links below); Hannah Yip.
Other NoteSee Edward Wilson and Iain Fenlon, The Winchester Anthology: A Facsimile of British Library Additional Manuscript 60577 (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1981).
Sermons ContainedA sermon of the late bosshop of winton John whit made before quene Elysabeth -- ff. 191r-204r
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
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| www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7673&CollID=27&NStart=60577 | Detailed record for British Library, Add MS 60577. |
| www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_60577 | Digitised copy of British Library, Add MS 60577. |
GEMMS record createdNovember 08, 2020
GEMMS record last editedJanuary 09, 2021