{"product_id":"the-index-of-middle-english-prose-9781843843740","title":"The Index of Middle English Prose","description":"\u003cb\u003eLatest volume in a series which is \"a monumental achievement\" \u003ci\u003eREVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Hatton and e Musaeo manuscript collections are important donations given to the Bodleian Library during its formative years in the seventeenth century.\u003cbr\u003e The Hatton collection, assembled by Christopher, first Baron Hatton,was largely acquired by the Bodleian Library in 1671. Among its Middle English prose manuscripts are religious texts, including Nicholas Love's \u003ci\u003eMirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ\u003c\/i\u003e, commentaries by Richard Rolle on the psalms and ten commandments, chronicles such as the \u003ci\u003eBrut\u003c\/i\u003e and an assortment of manuscripts ranging from political prophecies and grammar treatises to compendia of medical recipes.\u003cbr\u003e The e Musaeo collection, so called because it was originally an eclectic group of manuscripts stored in the librarian's study, also contains a variety of significant Middle English texts. They range from the religious and devotional: a Wycliffite New Testament, Love's \u003ci\u003eMirror\u003c\/i\u003e, and Heinrich Suso's treatise \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Points of True Love and Everlasting Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e); to the scientific and medicinal: Chaucer's \u003ci\u003eAstrolabe\u003c\/i\u003e, Henry Daniel's \u003ci\u003eLiber Uricrisiarum\u003c\/i\u003e; and to the historical, notably the \u003ci\u003eBrut\u003c\/i\u003e and Mandeville's \u003ci\u003eTravels\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Patrick J. Horner, FSC (a De LaSalle Christian Brother) is Professor of English at Manhattan College.","brand":"Patrick J. Horner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280802853115,"sku":"9781843843740","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781843843740.jpg?v=1772487511","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-index-of-middle-english-prose-9781843843740","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}