'Preparations for a popular abstract of Gower's Confessio Amantis'
MS. Eng. poet. c. 15
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
'Preparations for a popular abstract of Gower's Confessio Amantis'
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. poet. c. 15
Summary
'Preparations for a popular abstract of Gower's Confessio Amantis' by E. W. B. Nicholson:
An abridged version of the Confessio Amantis extending to the end of book i, in modern English verse, with prose epitomes of the omitted passages and explanatory footnotes
Also (fol. 77) a modernised metrical version of Gower's 'Praise of Peace'
At the end come miscellaneous notes, including 'Shakespeare's Story of the Caskets, its earliest known [Greek] form' (fol. 108), Gower's 'Balade moral of gode counseyle' transcribed from MS. Ashmole 59 (fol. 110)
A note by E. W. B. Nicholson on the need of a new edition of Gower (fol. 122), etc.
Date
Written about 1872 by E. W. B. Nicholson
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
123 Leaves
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Collection contents
'Preparations for a popular abstract of Gower's Confessio Amantis'
