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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Scholarly transcription & study of three of the medieval manuscripts narrating the reigns of British kings, from the legendary Brutus to Henry III. Brutus was the mythical descendant of a Trojan warrior and discoverer of an island he called Brutonia; other kings noted include Lear (Leir), Arthur, & Vortigern. Text in Norman French, introduction & commentary in modern English. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, almost certainly as issued. Light wear. Text clean, no names or marks; xiii, blank, 280 pages; color frontispiece, bibliography, lengthy introduction, notes, glossary, index of proper names. Size: Small Octavo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Anglo-Norman Text Society, 2011. Hardback, 8vo, xiii,280pp, frontis. No d/j. A good copy. 0905474546/0.5uk.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Anglo-Norman Text Society, 2011. Hardback, 8vo, xiii,280pp, frontis. No d/j. A good copy. 0905474546/0.5uk.

Couverture souple. Condition: Comme neuf. Turnhout 2026. Softbound. 23,4 x 15,6 cm. ----- 282 pages. ******************** "" The Anglo-Norman Bible's Books of Kings open with the death of King David and the resulting succession crisis. They relate many familiar stories including the episode of the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon, the building of the temple, the ministry and miracles of the prophets Elijah and Elisha and, finally, the destruction of the temple and the fall of Israel and Judah. The text of the ANB's Books of Kings is extant in two mid-fourteenth century English manuscripts: British Library Royal 1 C III (L) and Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS français 1 (P). L, a modest production, belonged to Reading's Benedictine abbey before entering the royal library in 1530 and is particularly notable for its use of glossing in French, Middle English and Latin, throughout the manuscript to clarify the Anglo-Norman text. P is an illustrated manuscript commissioned for the fifth baron de Welles, John, by his mother, Maud, daughter of William, Lord Ros. The Welles-Ros manuscript later passed into the ownership of Louis XII of France. "" ************************ TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction The Books of Kings: Summary and Structure The Development of the Anglo-Norman Bible and the Books of Kings Reception of the Books of Kings in Medieval Literature Manuscripts of the Anglo-Norman Bible's Books of Kings Relationship of L and P Language of the Text Morphology Orthography Syntax Lexis Glosses Editorial Considerations Bibliography The Anglo-Norman Bible's Books of Kings Text edition Rejected Readings Reading and Critical Notes Appendices A. Comparison of L and P B. Divergent Word-Choice in L and P C. Geographical Names in the Anglo-Norman Bible's Books of Kings D. Personal Names in the Anglo-Norman Bible's Books of Kings Glossary ********************** ref.…

Paperback, 282 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:1 b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503622811. Summary The Anglo-Norman Bible's Books of Kings open with the death of King David and the resulting succession crisis. They relate many familiar stories including the episode of the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon, the building of the temple, the ministry and miracles of the prophets Elijah and Elisha and, finally, the destruction of the temple and the fall of Israel and Judah. The text of the ANB's Books of Kings is extant in two mid-fourteenth century English manuscripts: British Library Royal 1 C III (L) and Paris, Biblioth que nationale de France, MS fran ais 1 (P). L, a modest production, belonged to Reading's Benedictine abbey before entering the royal library in 1530 and is particularly notable for its use of glossing in French, Middle English and Latin, throughout the manuscript to clarify the Anglo-Norman text. P is an illustrated manuscript commissioned for the fifth baron de Welles, John, by his mother, Maud, daughter of William, Lord Ros. The Welles-Ros manuscript later passed into the ownership of Louis XII of France. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction The Books of Kings: Summary and Structure The Development of the Anglo-Norman Bible and the Books of Kings Reception of the Books of Kings in Medieval Literature Manuscripts of the Anglo-Norman Bible's Books of Kings Relationship of L and P Language of the Text Morphology Orthography Syntax Lexis Glosses Editorial Considerations Bibliography The Anglo-Norman Bible's Books of Kings Text edition Rejected Readings Reading and Critical Notes Appendices A. Comparison of L and P B. Divergent Word-Choice in L and P C. Geographical Names in the Anglo-Norman Bible's Books of Kings D. Personal Names in the Anglo-Norman Bible's Books of Kings Glossary 0 g.…