The Proverbs of Alfred. Re-edited from the manuscripts by the Rev. W. W. Skeat
1907, First Edition. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Library marks remain. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 94 pages; Physical description; xlvi, 94 p. ; 17 cm. Notes; Anonymous poem of the 13th century. Includes index. "The shorter text, as in the Jesus college (Oxford) ms. ... and the longer text, as in the Trinity college (Cambridge) ms. ... " printed on opposite pages, with "fragments of a third text, as formerly extant in ms. Cotton, Galba A. XIX ... printed in the lower part of pages 2-13". Subjects; Anglo-Saxon Literature. Old English Literature. Didactic poetry, English (Middle). Manuscripts, Medieval - England - Cambridge. Proverbs, English - Middle English 1100-1500. Language; English, Middle (1100-1500). Item #223039
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