Contents This manuscript dates from the first half of the 15th century, and is a collection of didactic, pastoral, and meditative devotional treatises, as well as some fragments of works by late 14th-century English theologian, John Wycliffe. Generally, devotional texts were an important element of medieval piety, as they provided guidance for individuals to deepen their faith through study, meditation and prayer. This volume is perhaps best described as a medieval instructional manual....

Contents This section contains five meditations from The Form of Perfect Living by Richard Rolle of Hampole. Richard Rolle was an English hermit and religious writer who lived in Hampole in the 14th century.The text meditations begin on f. 179v with the words Zyf þu wult be wel wyþ God and have grace to rewle þi lyf and ends on f. 182v. The last section of the text (f. 182r-f. 182v) is in Latin. ...