"A Good Reder": the middle English Wise Book of Philosophy and Astronomy, instruction, publics, and manuscripts

The present work is a study of the Middle English prose text known as The Wise Book of Philosophy and Astronomy, a consideration of its transmission and reception history, and a survey of its manuscript witnesses; it also incorporates an edition of the text from two of its manuscripts. The text is a cosmological treatise of approximately five thousand words, written for the most part in English, with astronomical and astrological terms in Latin, though the English translation is frequently given. It is written anonymously, and survives in thirty-three manuscripts.

Grantor dc:publisher

University College Cork

Year dc:date.issued

2006

Author dc:creator

• Griffin, Carrie

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Connolly, Margaret
• King, Andrew

• Middle English literature
• The Wise Book of Philosophy and Astronomy

Statement dc:rights

• © 2006, Carrie Griffin

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10468/800

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:cora.ucc.ie:10468/800