The Historye of the Patriarks

Edited from Cambridge, St John's College, MS G. 31 by Mayumi Taguchi with Parallel Texts of "The Historia Scholastica" and the "Bible Historiale".

This edition presents the English text in parallel with the Latin "Historia Scholastica", the Old French "Bible Historiale", and the Vulgate. It includes textual apparatus, commentary, and glossary. The Introduction discusses the nature and significance of this translation in terms of the religious climate of the fifteenth century and in relation to its various sources. LII,366 Seiten, broschiert (Middle English Texts; Band 42/Winter Verlag 2010)