AUTHOR: WYCLIFFE

LANGUAGE: MIDDLE ENGLISH

DATE: 1517

PAGE #: 352

REPRODUCTION DIMENSIONS: 11.25 X 8.75 IN

HISTORY/DESCRIPTION: THIS IS AN EARLIER WYCLIFFE VERSION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, WITHOUT PROLOGUES. THIS MANUSCRIPT WAS PRESENTED BY DAME ANNE DANVERS TO SYON MONASTERY, ISLEWORTH IN 1517 AND WAS USED BY LEA WILSON AS THE BASIS FOR HIS 1848 EDITION OF THE WYCLIFFE NEW TESTAMENT. THE ORIGINAL WYCLIFFE BIBLE WAS A GROUP OF BIBLE TRANSLATIONS INTO MIDDLE ENGLISH, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JOHN WYCLIFFE. THEY WERE DONE SOMETIME BETWEEN 1385 TO 1395.

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