The Physiologus has hitherto only been published in anthologies of Middle English literature. This first separate edition is taken from the sole surviving manuscript, with apparatus, commentary, glossary, and introduction. It gives the difficult text the close attention it needs, making it accessible to the modern reader. The text used to be kwn as the Middle English Bestiary: as it is t technically a bestiary its title has been changed. The commentary deals with textual problems and with the Middle English poet's handling of his Latin sources. The introduction contains a full description of the manuscript; a discussion of the versification; a short history of the Physiologus and medieval bestiaries. A major section of the introduction deals with the languages and transmission of the text: although the manuscript was written in c.1300, the spelling of the text is characteristic of a slightly earlier period.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10
019722301x
ISBN-13
9780197223017
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96716082
Product Key Features
Format
Cloth over Boards, Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Anthologies
Dimensions
Weight
330g
Height
217mm
Width
142mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Oxford
Spine
19mm
Edited by
Hanneke Wirtjes
Series Part/Volume Number
V.299
First Published
1991
Series Title
Early English Text Society Original Series
Content Note
Cloth over Boards
Date of Publication
03/12/1998
Imprint
Early English Text Society
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Genre
Anthologies
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