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Index of Middle English Prose

By Margaret Connolly

Index of Middle English Prose Classics

Index of Middle English Prose

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Cambridge University Library is one of Britain's major repositories of medieval manuscripts. Its two-letter collection (Dd-Oo) includes just over 1,000 medieval western manuscripts, and amongst these may be found examples of every type of Middle English prose composition. Religious works predominate: there are several copies of the Wycliffite Bible, various sermon cycles, and works by Love, Hilton and Rolle; there is also a vast number of unattributed religious works. Secular texts are represented by the works of Chaucer, Mandeville's Travels, and no fewer than eight copies of the Brut. The collection is also extremely rich in Middle English prose writing in the fields of science and information, preserving medical, gynaecological, veterinary, culinary, alchemical, mathematical, heraldic and linguistic texts. Altogether the current handlist covers 207 manuscripts, and indexes more than 1250 separate items. MARGARET CONNOLLY teaches in the School of English at the University of St Andrews.
Product details
Number of Pages:
532
Release Date:
2009-09-17
Publication Date:
2009-09-17
Publisher:
D.S.Brewer
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1843840545
ISBN13:
9781843840541
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1087 g
Height:
175 cm
Width:
250 cm
Thickness:
33 cm
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