Studies in the Vernon manuscript / edited by Derek Pearsall
1990, 1st edition. Cambridge [England] Rochester, NY, USA : D.S. Brewer ; Boydell & Brewer. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked, paper-labeled cloth. Slight suggestion of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #426355
ISBN: 0859913104
Physical description; xi, 238 pages ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The shaping of the Vernon and Simeon manuscripts / A.I. Doyle -- The Vernon manuscript as a 'coucher book' / P.R. Robinson -- The relationship of the Vernon and Clopton manuscripts / Thorlac Turville-Petre -- Vernon manuscript : contents and organisation / N.F. Blake -- Implications of choice and arrangement of texts in part 4 / S.S. Hussey -- Orthodoxies' redux : the northern homily cycle in the Vernon manuscript and its textual affiliations / Thomas J. Heffernan -- 'The pater noster in a table ypeynted' and some other presentations of doctrine in the Vernon manuscript / Avril Henry -- The miracles of Our Lady : context and interpretation / Carol M. Meale -- The Middle English verse 'Lamentation of Mary to Saint Bernard' and the 'Quis dabit' / C.W. Marx -- The contexts of the Vernon romances / A.S.G. Edwards -- The King of Tars : language and textual transmission / Karl Reichl -- The shape of the Vernon refrain lyrics / John Burrow -- The textual background and reputation of the Vernon lyrics / John J. Thompson. Subjects; Vernon manuscript. Bodleian Library. Manuscript. 1100 - 1500. English literature Middle English, 1100-1500 Criticism, Textual. Christian literature, English (Middle) Criticism, Textual. Didactic literature, English (Middle) Criticism, Textual. Manuscripts, Medieval England. Manuscripts, English (Middle).
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