Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 9477
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Barratt , Alexandra.
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  • Title: Books for Nuns: Cambridge University Library MS Additional 3042 [the manuscript contains twenty texts including liturgical pieces, private prayers, mystical treatises, and didactic works ; the article concludes with editions of the two texts: "Form of Confession for a Female Augustinian" and "English Version of De Triplici Via"].
  • Source: Notes and Queries , 3 (September 1997): Pages 310 - 319.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Edition of Text;Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Augustinian Order Devotional Literature Editing Texts Manuscripts, Ownership of Monasticism Nuns Readers
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 15
  • Primary Evidence: Manuscript; Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, MS Additional 3042. The author identifies twelve scribal hands. There are twenty texts, most in Middle English, but some in Latin.
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Waikato
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  • Year of Publication: 1997.
  • Language: English;Middle English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00293970