/ en /restitution-st-jerome-new-college-librarys-ms-384 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2025-07/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20MS%20384%2C%20f.%201r%20%5Bdetail%5D.jpg.webp?itok=yW5VPk_1" width="655" height="435" alt="New College Library, Oxford, MS 384, f. 1r [detail]" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> The Restitution of St Jerome: New College Library’s MS 384 </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Christopher Skelton-Foord</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2025): 23</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/52" hreflang="en">Library Manuscripts</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/631" hreflang="en">MS 384</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/248" hreflang="en">Saint Jerome</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/452" hreflang="en">Andrew Holes</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/632" hreflang="en">Sir Thomas Mostyn</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/633" hreflang="en">Nicolas Barker</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/634" hreflang="en">Gloddaeth Library</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>Thanks to the great generosity of book history scholar Nicolas Barker, in January 2025, a sumptuous, 15th-century illuminated manuscript copy of the Letters of St Jerome finally came back home to New College Library. What are the most significant visual features of this gorgeous book that make it so special, and where had it been during its centuries away from college?</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Opening large, illuminated initial with putto, butterfly, and vase<br>New College Library, Oxford, MS 384, f. 1r [detail]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>New College Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-08/23NCN4%20%282025%29%20Skelton-Foord%20on%20MS%20384.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1523275" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">23NCN4 (2025) Skelton-Foord on MS 384.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1.45 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:52:30 +0000 Christopher 3385 at /andrew-holes-and-john-burgh-two-wykehamists-one-manuscript-collection <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2023-07/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20MS%20201%2C%20f.%201.jpg.webp?itok=fnj47_FN" width="655" height="435" alt="New College Library, Oxford, MS 201, f. 1r" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Andrew Holes and John Burgh: Two Wykehamists, One Manuscript Collection </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">David Rundle</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2023): 19</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/452" hreflang="en">Andrew Holes</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/453" hreflang="en">John Burgh</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/52" hreflang="en">Library Manuscripts</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>To reach Winchester College, to where Andrew Holes was admitted in 1407, involved the first of the long journeys he undertook in his life: at his entry to the school, he was recorded as being the son of a knight of the Wirral. Holes moved to New College in 1412 and was admitted a fellow on 30 October 1414. John Burgh entered Winchester in 1425 and New College five years later. He was a fellow from 1432 until 1444, but he had already left Oxford a few years earlier.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>New College Library, Oxford, MS 301, f. 1r [detail]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>New College Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2023-07/19NCN1%20%282023%29%20Rundle%20on%20Holes%20and%20Burgh.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1307786" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">19NCN1 (2023) Rundle on Holes and Burgh.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1.25 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:24:46 +0000 Christopher 2761 at