A Fourteenth Century English Biblical Version: Consisting of a Prologue and Parts of the New Testament Edited From the Manuscripts (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Fourteenth Century English Biblical Version: Consisting of a Prologue and Parts of the New Testament Edited From the Manuscripts Of the material with which I have attempted to deal in the introduction, but little has as yet appeared in print, and the mss. Are scattered over the country in many public and private libraries, some of which are almost inaccessible. The. Enquiry is therefore one needing much time and patient search, but the subject contains so much interest as fully to reward any amount of labour spent on it. Throughout the following pages the numbering of chapters and verses follows that of the Vulgate, which was generally taken as a basis of mediaeval English translations. This book in its completed form will shortly be published by the Cambridge University Press. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.