1st Edition

Jacob's Well An English Treatise on the Cleansing of Man's Conscience

By Arthur Brandels Copyright 1900
334 Pages
by Routledge

334 Pages
by Routledge

334 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1900, this volume was edited from a unique 1440 A.D. manuscript residing in Salisbury Cathedral. As a penitential manual, it joined others of its time such as Handlyng Synne and Parson’s Tale and is one of the more voluminous treatises. The fundamental allegory of this Middle-English text is of the well of mire representing the sins of humanity and how it may be cleaned to... Read more

1. Preface. 2. Jacob’s Well.

Biography

Arthur Brandels