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A handlist of manuscripts containing Middle English prose in Oxford college libraries / S.J. Ogilvie-Thomson.
LIBRA PE505 .O36 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ogilvie-Thomson, S. J.
- Series:
- Index of Middle English prose 0267-2472 ; handlist 8.
- The Index of Middle English prose, 0267-2472 ; handlist 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manuscripts, English (Middle)--England--Oxford--Catalogs.
- Manuscripts, English (Middle).
- England--Oxford.
- English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--Manuscripts--Catalogs.
- English prose literature.
- English prose literature--Middle English--Manuscripts.
- English prose literature--Middle English.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 198 pages ; 28 cm.
- Other Title:
- Manuscripts containing Middle English prose in Oxford college libraries.
- Oxford college libraries.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; Rochester, NY, USA : D.S. Brewer, 1991.
- Summary:
- Oxford college libraries house more than 2,500 Western medieval manuscripts, of which 155 contain prose writings in the vernacular; this Handlist indexes some 750 items. Major religious works include Hilton's Scale of Perfection,Love's Mirror, Rolle's Form of Living, the anonymous Cloud of Unknowing, Abbey of the Holy Ghost, Book of the Craft of Dying, Disce Mori, Lay Folks' Catechism, Sacerdos Parochialis,and other manuals of pastoral instruction. Chaucer, Mandeville, and Trevisa are prominent among secular authors. Historical prose includes four copies of The Brut, the Chronicles of London, and a translation of the Modus tenendi parliamentum. Medical writing is well represented,and there are numerous utilitarian and scientific texts, including gardening and travel, and works on alchemy and astrology.S.J. OGILVIE-THOMPSON's published work includes editions of Walter Hilton's Mixed Life, and Richard Rolle: Prose and Versefor the Early English Text Society.
- Notes:
- Cover title: Manuscripts containing Middle English prose in Oxford college libraries.
- On spine: Oxford college libraries.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0859912965
- OCLC:
- 25051630
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