1st Edition

The English Register of Godstow Nunnery near Oxford Written about 1450

Edited By Andrew Clark Copyright 2018
710 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1905, these two volumes together reproduced the text of Rawlinson MS. B 408 from the Bodleian Library in two parts. They consist of a preface followed the full Middle English text with glosses. The initial section of the manuscript is slightly older and consists of prefixed liturgical pieces such as the Articles of Excommunication. This follows the common historical practice of... Read more

Part 1. Prefixed Liturgical Pieces. 1. Articles of Excommunication. 2. The A.B.C. of Devotion. 3. Metrical Versions of Church Offices. 4. Metrical Church Kalendar. Part 2. Introductory Part of the Register. 1. The Prologue. 2. The Chronicle of Godstow. 3. Deeds Relating to the Foundation. Part 3. Register of Estates. 1. Berkshire Deeds. 2. Buckinghamshire Deeds. 3. Dorsetshire Deeds. 4. Gloucestershire Deeds. 5. Hampshire Deeds. 6. Lincolnshire Deeds. 7. Middlesex Deeds. 8. Northamptonshire Deeds. 9. Oxfordshire Deeds. 10. Oxford City Deeds.

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