Research Catalog

Title

The book of the Ordre of chyualry / translated and printed by William Caxton from a French version of Ramón Lull's "Le libre del orde de cauayleria", together with Adam Loutfut's Scottish transcript (Harleian ms. 6149) / edited by Alfred T.P. Byles.

Author

Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316.

Publication

Oxford : Early English Text Society ; New York : Kraus Reprint, 1971.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492.
• Byles, A. T. P. (Alfred Thomas Plested)
• Loutfut, Adam, active 1494.
• British Library. Manuscript. Harleian 6149.

Description

ixviii, 143 pages : facsimile; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Early English Text Society. Original series ; no. 168. 1926 (for 1925)

Uniform Title

• Libre del orde de cauayleria. English
• Early English Text Society (Series). Original series ; no. 168.

Alternative Title

Libre del orde de cauayleria.

Subject

• Chivalry

Note

• Reprint. Originally published: London, for the Early English Text Society by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1926.

Contents

Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction : Mss., texts and translations of "Le livre de l'ordre de chevalerie" ; Variations in subject matter ; Caxton's method and style as a translator ; Principles of editing ; The dialect of Loutfut's transcript -- "The ordre of chyualry" with Loutfut's transcript. The hermit and the squire ; The origin of chivalry ; The office of a knight ; The examination of a squire ; The ordination of a knight ; The significance of a knight's arms ; The customs of a knight ; The honour due to a knight -- Appendix: "Making of knyghte of the Bathe" -- Glossary.

Call Number

NCE (Early English Text Society. [Original series] no. 168)

OCLC

655623

Author

Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316.

Title

The book of the Ordre of chyualry / translated and printed by William Caxton from a French version of Ramón Lull's "Le libre del orde de cauayleria", together with Adam Loutfut's Scottish transcript (Harleian ms. 6149) / edited by Alfred T.P. Byles.

Imprint

Oxford : Early English Text Society ; New York : Kraus Reprint, 1971.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Early English Text Society. Original series ; no. 168. 1926 (for 1925)

Early English Text Society (Series). Original series ; no. 168.

Added Author

Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492.

Byles, A. T. P. (Alfred Thomas Plested)

Loutfut, Adam, active 1494.

British Library. Manuscript. Harleian 6149.

Research Call Number

NCE (Early English Text Society. [Original series] no. 168)