The Index of Middle English Prose

Abstract

This volume provides detailed descriptions of Middle English prose materials found in the important manuscript collections of seven Cambridge Colleges: Christ's, Emmanuel, Jesus, Selwyn and Sidney Sussex Colleges, Peterhouse and Trinity Hall. The texts fall roughly into two categories: religious and devotional, or scientific. The former include Wycliffite New Testaments; Emmanuel College's complete Wycliffite Bible; Richard Rolle's <I>Commentary on the Psalms</I> in Sidney Sussex College, and, in Trinity Hall, the <I>Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards</I> in a splendid manuscript designed forpresentation to Richard II. In the second category, there are several of outstanding interest: Jesus College Q.G.23 is a beautifully decorated English translation of the <I>Chirurgie</I> of Guy de Chauliac, while Peterhouse MS 75 is the sole manuscript of <I>The Equatorie of the Planetis</I>.<BR> As with all previous volumes in the series, this Handlist concludes with an alphabetical index of Incipits and Explicits intended to form part of an eventual Index of Middle English Prose.<BR><BR> Angela M. Lucas is a Senior Member of Wolfson College, Cambridge.