The Bruce ; or, The book of the most excellent and noble prince, Robert de Broyss, king of Scots / compiled by Master John Barbour, archdeacon of Aberdeen, A.D. 1375 ; edited from ms. G. 23 in the library of St. John's College, Cambridge, written A.D. 1487 ; collated with the ms. in the Advocate's Library at Edinburgh, written A.D. 1489, and with Hart's edition, printed A.D. 1616 ; with a preface, notes, and glossarial index, by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat.

Author
Barbour, John, approximately 1320-1395 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English, Middle (1100-1500)
Published/​Created
London : Published for the Early English Text Society, by N. Trübner & Co., 1870-1889.
Description
2 v. (cv, 783 p.) ; 23 cm.

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Subject(s)
Related name
Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William), 1835-1912 [Browse]
Library of Congress genre(s)
Series
Contains
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451? Dietary. [Browse]
Notes
Princeton copy of v. 2 published by Oxford University Press, 1968.
Contents
  • v. 1. Preface: Memoir of John Barbour, etc. Appendix to the preface: Extracts from Wyntouns chronicle; Relics of King Robert I. The Bruce, books I-X
  • v. 2. Books XI-XX, notes, and glossary. How the good wife taught her daughter. A dietary / by John Lydgate.
Other title(s)
How the good wife taught her daughter.
LCCN
12017809
OCLC
4486108
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