
The English Apocalypse
A Fourteenth-Century Translation of the Book of Revelation from Columbia University, MS Plimpton Add. 03
Ethan Campbell(Editor)
Medieval Institute Publications (Publisher)
Published on 24. December 2024
Book
Hardback
260 pages
978-1-58044-699-0 (ISBN)
Description
Before the Wycliffite Bible in the 1380s, one of the only complete books of the Bible to be translated into Middle English was the Book of Revelation. 'The English Apocalypse', translated from the French in the early 14th century, must have been well known to the later translators, as it appears in 18 extant manuscripts, sometimes alongside Wycliffite material.
This edition reproduces, for the first time, a copy of the English Apocalypse, which actually replaced the Book of Revelation at the end of a Wycliffite New Testament.
Whether the manuscript compiler simply preferred this version or meant it to be a placeholder or translation guide, this unique text is immensely valuable to scholars of early English Bible translation, as well as to students of Middle English literature and medieval religious practice.
This edition reproduces, for the first time, a copy of the English Apocalypse, which actually replaced the Book of Revelation at the end of a Wycliffite New Testament.
Whether the manuscript compiler simply preferred this version or meant it to be a placeholder or translation guide, this unique text is immensely valuable to scholars of early English Bible translation, as well as to students of Middle English literature and medieval religious practice.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
804 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58044-699-0 (9781580446990)
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Person
Ethan Campbell has published on the Gawain-poet, medieval anticlericalism, Chaucer, Arthurian literature, and Shakespeare.
Content
"Introduction
The Text
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
Glossary
Appendix: the manuscript's Wycliffite Bible passages
Bibliography"
The Text
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
Glossary
Appendix: the manuscript's Wycliffite Bible passages
Bibliography"