keyword: Anglo-Norman; French; Middle English; pastoralia; vernacular theology; Lateran; religious; edition; Harley scribe
Anglo-Norman; French; Middle English; pastoralia; vernacular theology; Lateran; religious; edition; Harley scribe
- An Anglo-Norman Treatise on the Mass: An Edition
Issue: Leeds Medieval Studies, 1 (2021)
This article examines the textual history of a treatise in Anglo-Norman French containing instructions for meditation during mass directed at the laity. The treatise has received scarce previous study. The article consists of a thorough study of the treatise’s textual history, which includes its frequent abridgement and excerption, and mistaken listing as three separate texts in Dean (720--22), as well as brief observations on the treatise’s language. It further provides a best-text edition of the only surviving version of the treatise in its unabbreviated form, corrected against the other manuscripts in clear cases of error.