Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
Bibliography for Harvard University, Houghton Library,
MS Eng 738
This bibliography was compiled by Justin Stover, Joshua O’Driscoll, Johanna Rodda and William Stoneman.
Please be advised that some links may require Harvard ID and PIN.
HOLLIS Record (Link)
Houghton Library. The Houghton Library Report of Accessions. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard College Library, 1942/43. MS cited p. 3.
Brief mention in a list of manuscript acquisitions from that year. HOLLIS
W.H. Bond and C.U. Faye. Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1962. MS cited p. 225.
A brief description of the manuscript’s contents with folio numbers and additional notes on provenance and bibliography. HOLLIS
Samuel Ives. “The Genuine and Unpublished Version of Wyclif’s Treatise on the ten Commandments,” Rare Books 3 (1942). MS cited pp. 3-9.
An extensive discussion of the manuscript, particularly as it relates to other manuscripts containing different versions of the same text. HOLLIS
Ernest W. Talbert. “Wyclyf and his Followers.” A Manual of Writings in Middle English 1050-1500. Ed. J. Burke Severs. Vol. 3. New Haven: The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1970. MS cited pp. 362-3 and 524-5. HOLLIS
Linda Ehrsam Voigts. “A Handlist of Middle English in Harvard Manuscripts,” Harvard Library Bulletin 33.1 (1985), pp. 1–96. MS cited pp. 26-27.
An extensive description of the manuscript, providing excerpts of the text. Available online (Link). HOLLIS
R.E. Lewis, N.F. Blake, and A.S.G. Edwards. Index of Printed Middle English Prose. New York; London: Garland, 1985. MS cited no. 331 (pp. 117-118) and 596 (p. 205).
Cited as a source for two Wycliffite tracts: Þe Seven Werkys of Mercy Bodyly and Synne Is for to Drede. HOLLIS
Anne Hudson. The Premature Reformation: Wycliffite Texts and Lollard History. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988. MS cited p. 4, n. 14.
A brief mention in a footnote as an additional source for a Wycliffite commentary on the ten commandments. HOLLIS
Rodney G. Dennis. “Notes concerning le pliage,” Scriptorium 47.2 (1993), pp. 166–173. MS cited pp. 168-169.
A codicological discussion of the manuscript. HOLLIS
Neil Ripley Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969-2002. MS cited IV, 740. HOLLIS
York Minster MS XVI.L.12 is described as containing the same expanded Wycliffite version as the Houghton manuscript, ff. 1-30v. This manuscript is cited incorrectly as MS Eng 378.
Digital Scriptorium. (Online) Accessed 16 April 2010. Internet Link
A searchable database of manuscripts from various collections. Search or browse under shelfmark MS Eng. Contains a basic description of the physical layout and contents of the manuscript. Link
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts. Penn Libraries. (Online) Accessed 16 April 2010. Internet Link
A listing of manuscripts based on provenance. Search under shelfmark Eng 738. Found in three separate entries:
as Ten Commandments-Wycliffe Bible Link
as Ten Commandments-Wycliffe Bible Link
as Ten Commandments, 7 Deadly Sins, Works of Mercy Link
