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Record Nr.

UNINA9911154153503321

Autore

Gameson Richard

Titolo

Literature and Devotion in Later Medieval England : A Selection of Manuscripts from Durham University Library

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham : , : Sacristy Press, , 2021

©2021

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (103 pages)

Disciplina

015.428/6031

Soggetti

Devotional literature, English (Middle)

Manuscripts, Medieval - England - Durham

Littérature de dévotion anglaise (moyen anglais)

Manuscrits médiévaux - Angleterre - Durham

Catalog

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Introduction -- The form of the entries -- Postscriptum -- Catalogue -- Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde. England -- XV3/4 -- John Lydgate, Sege of Thebes, etc. England -- XV3/4 -- John Lydgate, Lyf of Our Lady. England -- XV2/4-med -- Boethius (trans. John Walton), Consolation of Philosophy. England -- XV2 -- Thomas Hoccleve, autograph verse and prose. London, 1421x26 -- Albertano of Brescia, Treatises. England -- XIV/XV -- Richard de Bury, Philobiblon. England or France -- XVmed -- Pore Caitif. England -- XV1/4 -- John Mirk, Festial. England -- XVmed -- The Lyfe and Martirdome of Seynt Barbara. England -- XVmed -- Doctrine of the Hert -- The Tree -- XII Fruits of the Holy Ghost. England -- XVmed -- Speculum Christianorum. England -- XVmed -- Texts of Spiritual Guidance and Reflection. England -- XVmed -- Lollard Dialogue. England -- XIVex -- Ecclesiastical Commonplace book. England (Bridlington) -- XVIin -- Contemplations of the Dread and Love of God -- etc. England -- XVmed -- The Privity of the Passion -- The Prickynge of Love. England -- XVin -- Martyrology. England -- XIV/XV -- Manual (Use of Sarum, noted). England -- XIVex -- Book of Hours



(Use of Sarum). England -- XV2 -- Book of Hours (Use of Sarum). Bruges, XVin (1409) -- Book of Hours (Use of Sarum). Bruges -- XVin -- Hours and Devotions. England -- XV1/2 -- Psalter and Manual (The "Bobbingworth Psalter"). Southern England -- XIV/XV -- Missal (Sarum -- creed and common prefaces noted) (The "Goldwell Missal"). Southern England -- XIV1 -- Missal (Sarum, noted). England -- XIVmed -- Concordance -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Embracing poetic and prose writings on philosophy, contemplation and bibliophily, key service books for the clergy, and devotional texts for the laity, this book explores the interrelated themes of literature and devotion in England from the Black Death to the Reformation as seen through the lens of twenty-six precious manuscripts in Durham University Library.