Item #22787 THE PROVERBS OF ALFRED: Studied in the Light of the Recently Discovered Maidstone Manuscript. Helen Pennock South.

THE PROVERBS OF ALFRED: Studied in the Light of the Recently Discovered Maidstone Manuscript.

New York: New York University Press, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. vii, 168 pp., frontispiece; octavo, original blue cloth, dustjacket. Fine in fairly worn jacket. Item #22787

A comparative scholarly analysis of the medieval poem in light of the recent discovery of a previously unknown manuscript of the work. Includes a parallel text comparison of the Old English text as well as glossary and noted.

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