From the Vulgate to the vernacular : four debates on an English question c. 1400 / edited and translated by Elizabeth Solopova, Jeremy Catto, and Anne Hudson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Solopova, Elizabeth, editor, translator.

Catto, Jeremy, editor, translator.

Hudson, Anne, 1938- editor, translator.

Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, publisher.

Bodleian Library, publisher.

Series:

Studies and texts (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) ; 220.

British writers of the Middle Ages and the early modern period ; 7.

Studies and texts ; 220

British writers of the Middle Ages and the early modern period ; 7

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Bible--Translating--England--History--To 1500.

Bible.

Bible--English--Versions--History--To 1500.

Translating and interpreting--England--History--To 1500.

Translating and interpreting.

History.

England.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

cxxxvi, 8 unnumbered pages of plates, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies ; Oxford : The Bodleian Library, [2020]

Language Note:

Original texts in Latin with parallel English translation; critical matter in English.

Summary:

"The use of the vernacular language for scriptural citation, a central issue for the followers of John Wyclif, aroused considerable academic interest, especially in Oxford. The matter was in some sense decided in 1409, when archiepiscopal legislation was passed to restrict the making and possession of new translations of the Bible. The four texts that are presented here derive from the academic debate which immediately preceded this decision. The Latin texts by William Butler and Thomas Palmer are wholly hostile to the idea of translation; the conclusions of another, by Richard Ullerston, run in the other direction. An anonymous English text draws on Ullerston's while adapting and augmenting it. Together, these texts preserve the most detailed discussions of translation and the theory of language that survive from late medieval England. This volume provides editions and modern translations of these four texts, together with a substantial introduction explaining their context and the implications of their arguments."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

De translatione sacre scripture in vulgare / Richard Ullerston

Contra translacionem anglicanam / William Butler

De translacione scripture sacre in linguam anglicanam / Thomas Palmer

First Seiþ Bois.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: From the Vulgate to the vernacular.

ISBN:

9780888442208

0888442203

9781851245635

1851245634

OCLC:

1153359219