Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 9434
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Edwards , A. S. G.
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  • Title: The Middle English Manuscripts and Early Readers of "Ancrene Wisse" [The author describes nine surviving manuscripts which include Middle English versions of the "Ancrene Wisse." Edwards also notes the marginal comments made by sixteenth and seventeenth century churchmen and antiquarians. Title not supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: A Companion to "Ancrene Wisse."  Edited by Yoko Wada.  D. S. Brewer, 2003.  Pages 103 - 112.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Adaptations Ancrene Wisse, Middle English Devotional Work Manuscripts Readers
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 13- 14- 15
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  • Related Resources: A.S.G. Edwards' "The Middle English Manuscripts and Early Readers of Ancrene Wisse" is, in essence, a description of the manuscripts, of the types of extracts made and where they circulated, and of the types of annotations made by sixteenth-century cleric
  • Author's Affiliation: University of Victoria, Canada
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  • Year of Publication: 2003.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0859917622