New College Library, Oxford, MS 287, f. 2v

New College MS 287 and its Text

Jemima Bennett
Issue number
(2022): 17

MS 287 was written as a gift for King Henry VIII—from his court poet Bernard André—for New Year’s Day 1515, the main gift-giving occasion in Henry’s court at which the king regularly received books.

 

New College Library, Oxford, MS 287, f. 2v

 

New College Library and Archives, Oxford