Research Catalog

Title

The fifteen oes and other prayers : edited from the text published by William Caxton (1491) / by Alexandra Barratt and Susan Powell.

Publication

• Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, [2021]
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barratt, Alexandra
• Powell, Susan, 1948-

Description

xxxvi, 54 pages : 1 illustration; 24 cm.

Summary

"In 1491, at the command of two royal ladies, Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry VII, and Lady Margaret Beaufort, Henry's mother, William Caxton published a small collection of prayers in Latin and English (STC 20195). The volume is now known as "The Fifteen Oes" from its opening set of prayers. The Latin Oes were very popular and probably of English origin, but sometimes erroneously attributed to St Birgitta of Sweden. Although the prayers were translated into numerous European vernaculars, English versions, as here, are relatively rare. The Oes constitute about a third of the book. About thirty other prayers in English and Latin follow, some with antiphons, responses, and psalms (in Latin), many of them also common in later medieval books of hours and other prayer books, in England and elsewhere. The whole collection is important for several reasons. It was the first collection of prayers to be printed in England, and then to be frequently reprinted as a supplement to printed books of hours; it is connected with Lady Margaret Beaufort and highlights her close relationship with Caxton and also with Syon Abbey, the only Birgittine house in England; it combines Latin prayers with English, indicating that literate laywomen at the end of the fifteenth century were using both the vernacular and the official language of the Church in their devotions."--Back cover.

Series Statement

Middle English texts ; 61

Uniform Title

Middle English texts ; 61.

Subject

• Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492
• Prayers, Medieval > History and criticism
• Prayers, Medieval

Genre/Form

• Prayers.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• New Zealand editor.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-54) and index.

Language (note)

• Original text in Latin and Middle English; critical matter in English.

Contents

Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Figure -- Introduction -- The Fifteen Oes -- The Fifteen Oes Of caxton and de Worde -- The Latin Oes -- Origins And Authorship -- Sources and Analogues -- The Oes In English -- Caxton's Fifteen Oes : Latin To English -- The Other Prayers -- The Sources -- The Context Of Caxton's Fifteen Oes -- Elizabeth of York and Lady Margaret Beaufort -- Syon Abbey -- Printed books -- Editorial Procedure -- Text -- Apparatus -- Commentary -- Appendices -- The Latin Oes -- Index To de Worde's Edition of [1493] Sigs v5v-v6r -- Glossary of Common Liturgical Terms -- Glossary -- Index Of Incipits -- Bibliography.

Call Number

JFE 23-885

ISBN

• 9783825348519
• 3825348512

LCCN

9783825348519

OCLC

1263163563

Title

The fifteen oes and other prayers : edited from the text published by William Caxton (1491) / by Alexandra Barratt and Susan Powell.

Publisher

Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, [2021]

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Middle English texts ; 61

Middle English texts ; 61.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-54) and index.

Language

Original text in Latin and Middle English; critical matter in English.

Added Author

Barratt, Alexandra, editor.

Powell, Susan, 1948- editor.

Other Standard Identifier

9783825348519

Research Call Number

JFE 23-885