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The Index of Middle English Prose, Handlist IX

By Eldredge, L. M.

The Index of Middle English Prose, Handlist IX Historical Fiction

The Index of Middle English Prose, Handlist IX

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More than 700 manuscripts reflect Ashmole's life-long passions: heraldry and the sciences of his day: astrology, alchemy, geomancy, medicine; well over 100 contain items in Middle English. There are manuscripts of great interest, such as the Ashmole Bestiary, but the importantitems in Middle English are no less noteworthy. Here we find the uniquecopy of an English translation of Bernard of Gordon's 'Lilium medicinae'; a codex, Ashmole 59, entirely in the hand of John Shirley; a Wycliffite Bible and a copy of the 'Pore Caytif'. Along with many anonymous pieces of popular astrology, there is an English translation of John Ashenden's 'Introductory', several copies of John of Burgundy's plague tract, and an elegant copy of Henry Daniel's 'Liber uricrisiae'. There are also two copies of 'The Brut', and anthology manuscripts collecting vast arrays of herbal medicine, astrological techniques and alchemical procedures. L.M. ELDREDGE was formerly Professor in the Department of Englishat the University of Ottawa.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
196
Release Date:
2007-08-16
Publication Date:
1992-07-16
Publisher:
D.S.Brewer
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1843841436
ISBN13:
9781843841432
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
494 g
Height:
210 cm
Width:
280 cm
Thickness:
11 cm
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