Research Catalog

Title

The orcherd of Syon. I, Text / edited from the early manuscripts by Phyllis Hodgson and Gabriel M. Liegey.

Author

Catherine, of Siena, Saint, 1347-1380

Publication

• London ; New York ; Toronto : Published for the Early English Text Society by the Oxford University Press, 1966.
• Oxford : Printed ... at the University Press by Vivian Ridler, printer to the University

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Additional Authors

• Hodgson, Phyllis
• Liegey, Gabriel M. (Gabriel Michael), 1904-
• Raymond, of Capua, 1330-1399
• Guidini, Cristofero, approximately 1362-1410
• James, Dane
• British Library. Manuscript. Harley 3432.
• Pierpont Morgan Library. Manuscript. 162.
• St. John's College (University of Cambridge). Library. Manuscript. C. 25.

Description

xi, 421, 7 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : 2 facsimiles; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Early English Text Society ; no. 258

Uniform Title

• Libro della divina dottrina. English (Middle English)
• Early English Text Society (Series). Original series ; no. 258.

Alternative Title

Libro della divina dottrina.

Subjects

• English language > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Texts
• Mysticism > Early works to 1800
• Mysticism > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Dialogues (Literature)
• Christian life > Early works to 1800
• 600-1500
• History
• Mysticism > Middle Ages
• Dialogues, English (Middle)

Genre/Form

• History.
• Dialogues (Literature)

Note

• "The orcherd is an early fifteenth-century translation of the work perhaps now best known as The dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena"--Preface, p. v. This edition is based on British Museum (now British Library) Harleian MS. 3432, with variants from the two other extant manuscripts, St. John's College, Cambridge, MS. C 25, and Pierpont Morgan Library MS. 162, and occasional readings from Wynkyn de Worde's modernized recension in the first printed edition, London, 1521, with title Here begynneth the orcharde of Syon.
• The translation is from a Latin version of the work by St. Catherine, which was composed in Italian and translated into Latin by Cristofero Guidini and Stefano Maconi and in part by Raymund of Capua. Guidini's version, which is close to the Italian, is largely followed here. See: Preface, pages v-viii; see also Mary Denise, Sister. "The Orchard of Syon, an introduction," in Traditio, 1958, pages 269-293.
• In an envoy, the presumed translator refers to himself as "Dan Iamys" (page 421). "A reading of the text fails to bear out the assertion that 'Dane James' was the translator, or at least, the chief translator of the work"; someone by this name may have assisted the anonymous translator. See article by Sister Mary Denise, pages 291-293.
• Planned in 2 volumes (see page viii). Volume II was not published.
• Early English Text Society publications: 7 pages at end.

Language (note)

• Preface and notes in English, text in Middle English.

Call Number

NCE (Early English Text Society. [Original series] no. 258)

LCCN

67074981

OCLC

2707257

Author

Catherine, of Siena, Saint, 1347-1380, author.

Title

The orcherd of Syon. I, Text / edited from the early manuscripts by Phyllis Hodgson and Gabriel M. Liegey.

Publisher

London ; New York ; Toronto : Published for the Early English Text Society by the Oxford University Press, 1966.

Manufacturer

Oxford : Printed ... at the University Press by Vivian Ridler, printer to the University

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Early English Text Society ; no. 258

Early English Text Society (Series). Original series ; no. 258.

Language

Preface and notes in English, text in Middle English.

Chronological Term

600-1500

Added Author

Hodgson, Phyllis, editor.

Liegey, Gabriel M. (Gabriel Michael), 1904- editor.

Raymond, of Capua, 1330-1399, translator.

Guidini, Cristofero, approximately 1362-1410, translator.

James, Dane, translator.

British Library. Manuscript. Harley 3432.

Pierpont Morgan Library. Manuscript. 162.

St. John's College (University of Cambridge). Library. Manuscript. C. 25.

Other Form:

Online version: Catherine, of Siena, Saint, 1347-1380. Libro della divina dottrina. English (Middle English) Orcherd of Syon. I, Text. London ; New York ; Toronto : Published for the Early English Text Society by the Oxford University Press, 1966. (OCoLC)647169831

Research Call Number

NCE (Early English Text Society. [Original series] no. 258)