The first English Bible : the text and context of the Wycliffite versions / Mary Dove.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dove, Mary.

Series:

Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 66.

Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 66

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wycliffe, John, -1384.

Wycliffe, John.

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible--History.

History.

England--Church history--1066-1485.

England.

Church history.

Physical Description:

xvi, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Contents:

List of manuscript sigla xiv

1 The Bible debate 6

2 Censorship 37

3 The translators 68

4 The canonical scriptures 83

5 The English prologues 103

6 The text 137

7 The effects 189

Appendix 1 Contents of the Wycliffite Bible 199

Appendix 2 Additions and select emendations to Forshall and Madden's edition of the Wycliffite Bible 210

Appendix 3 Textual scholarship: select readings 222

Appendix 4 Descriptions of select Wycliffite Bible manuscripts 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-280) and index.

ISBN:

0521880289

9780521880282

OCLC:

154682303