Manuscripts in the University Library, Cambridge (Dd-Oo) /
Cambridge University Library's two-letter collection (Dd-Oo) includes just over 1000 medieval western manuscripts, and amongst these may be found examples of every type of Middle English prose composition. This handlist covers 207 manuscripts and indexes more than 1250 separate items.
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Language notes: | English. |
| Imprint: | Woodbridge, Suffolk [England] ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2009. |
| Series: | Index of Middle English prose ;
handlist 19. |
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text |
| Summary: | Cambridge University Library's two-letter collection (Dd-Oo) includes just over 1000 medieval western manuscripts, and amongst these may be found examples of every type of Middle English prose composition. This handlist covers 207 manuscripts and indexes more than 1250 separate items. `The Index of Middle English Prose when completed will be a monumental achievement' REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES <br> <br> Cambridge University Library is one of Britain's major repositories of medieval manuscripts. Its two-letter collection (Dd-Oo) includes just over 1,000 medieval western manuscripts, and amongst these may be found examples of everytype of Middle English prose composition. Religious works predominate: there are several copies of the Wycliffite Bible, various sermon cycles, and works by Love, Hilton and Rolle; there is also a vast number of unattributed religious works. Secular texts are represented by the works of Chaucer, Mandeville's Travels , and no fewer than eight copies of the Brut . The collection is also extremely rich in Middle English prose writing in the fields of science and information, preserving medical, gynaecological, veterinary, culinary, alchemical, mathematical, heraldic and linguistic texts. Altogether the current handlist covers 207 manuscripts, and indexes more than 1250 separate items.<br> <br> MARGARET CONNOLLY teaches in the School of English at the University of St Andrews. |
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| Item Description: | Print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (lx, 467 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781846157363 1846157366 1282987992 9781282987999 9786612987991 6612987995 |
| Author Notes: | Margaret Connolly is Professor of Palaeography and Codicology at the University of St. Andrews. |