Three middle-English versions of The rule of St. Benet : and two contemporary rituals for the ordination of nuns / edited by Ernst A. Kock
1975, Facsimile Edition. Millwood, New York : Kraus Reprint Co. Very good ex-library gilt-blocked cloth copy. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Library marks remain. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #477642
Physical description; li, 221 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes indexes. Unaltered facsimile reprint of: London : Published for the Early English Text Society by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1902. Includes bibliographical endnotes and glossaries. Text in Middle English, translated from the Latin ; critical material in English. Contents; Partial contents Texts. I. The Northern prose version of the Rule of St. Benet -- II. The Northern metrical version of the same -- III. The Caxton abstract of the same -- IV. The Northern Lansdowne ritual (the form how a novice shall be received) -- V. The Vespasian ritual (the method of making a nun). Subjects; Benedict Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino Regula. Benedictines Rules. Catholic Church Liturgy Texts. English language Middle English. Liturgics.
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