Shelfmark
MS 394
Title
Prayer Book [manuscript]
Publication, distribution, etc.
Eton, 1940.
Physical description
[1], 22 leaves : paper ; 384 x 274 mm.
Language
Written in English.
Note
Cataloguer devised title.
Note
Number of leaves: iv + 23 + iv.
Note
Page preparation: very light ruling in pencil; varying numbers of lines.
Note
Decoration: borders and decorated initials in a wide-ranging palette of blues, pinks, reds, green, purple and gold with floral or natural themes.
Note
Handwriting: script inspired by uncial, written in red and black and executed by Norman Gordon Wykes.
Summary, etc.
Scope and content: A fair copy entitled "The administration of the Lord's Supper or Holy Communion"; follows a series of prayers.
Cite as
Eton College, MS 394
Provenance
Colophon at f.22r recto reads: "This work was written and illuminated by Norman Gordon Wykes at Eton College during Lent AD mcmxl".
Binding
20th-century half-bound burgundy pigskin and cloth over ?millboards. Covers decorated with gilt fillets to separate leather from textile. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt fillets and dotted roll. Textblock cut but untrimmed. Endpapers of undecorated paper; four flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Genre/Form
Prayer books.
Added entry--name
Wykes, Nigel, 1906 - 1991 scribe.
Added entry--place
England Eton.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B52759