'An Epistle of Noble Poetrye: 'A Middle English Translation of Christine de Pizan's 'Epistre d'Othea': Edited from London, British Library, MS Harle [English, Middle]

'An Epistle of Noble Poetrye' is a late-fifteenth-century English translation of Christine de Pizan's 'L'Epistre d'Othea' (ca. 1400). The 'Epistle' survives in London, British Library, MS Harley 838, a family volume that passed from Anthony Babyngton (who probably acted as copyist) to his great-grandson and namesake who plotted the assassination of Elizabeth I. Presented as a letter of advice from the goddess Othea to the young Hector of Troy, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English, Middle
• ISBN: 3825349659
• ISBN13: 9783825349653
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Universitatsverlag Winter
• Length: 173 Pages
• Weight: 7.58 lbs.