The English Text of the Ancrene Riwle: The Vernon Text. Edited from Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. poet. a. I

Zettersten, Arne and Diensberg, Bernhard

ISBN 10: 0197223141 / ISBN 13: 9780197223147

Published by The Early English Text Society, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The English Text of the Ancrene Riwle: The Vernon Text. Edited from Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. poet. a. I
• Publisher: The Early English Text Society
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197223141
• ISBN 13: 9780197223147
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Early English Texts

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Synopsis

The Riwle (also known as Ancrene Wisse) is a thirteenth-century guide for anchoresses which reached a much wider public in the Middle Ages. The Vernon version, copied in the second half of the fourteenth century, is the last in the series of editions of individual manuscript versions to be published by the Early English Text Society, and follows the editorial methods established by the series. The text of the MS is reproduced as it stands, without emendations. Scribal "errors" and significant variant readings from two of the most important other MSS are given in the Apparatus.

Language Notes

Text: English