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William Touris OFM, The Contemplacioun of Synnaris
Late-medieval Advice to a Prince
Series: - Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, Volume: 232/12
- Texts and Sources, Volume: 232/12
The Contemplacioun of Synnaris, by the Observant Franciscan William Touris, written c.1494 and evidently intended for King James IV of Scotland, is a significant and much copied work of Older Scots, although the earliest surviving witness is the English print by Wynkyn de Worde (1499).
The Contemplacioun was the very first work of Older Scots literature to be translated and to be printed. The poemâs seven sections comprise a course of meditations for Holy Week. Richard Fox, bishop of Durham, commissioned the English print, in which the stanzas were preceded by Latin sententiae, biblical, medieval and ancient. The work retained sufficient interest to re-emerge in separate versions in both Scotland (1568) and England (1578), drastically revised for Protestant readers.
The Contemplacioun was the very first work of Older Scots literature to be translated and to be printed. The poemâs seven sections comprise a course of meditations for Holy Week. Richard Fox, bishop of Durham, commissioned the English print, in which the stanzas were preceded by Latin sententiae, biblical, medieval and ancient. The work retained sufficient interest to re-emerge in separate versions in both Scotland (1568) and England (1578), drastically revised for Protestant readers.
Alasdair A. MacDonald Ph.D. (1978, University of Edinburgh) is emeritus professor of English Language and Literature of the Middle Ages, University of Groningen. He has published widely on late-medieval and early modern literature.
J. Craig McDonald, Ph.D. (1981, University of York) is emeritus professor of English at King University, Tennessee. He has published on Robert Henryson and John Irelandâs Meroure of Wyssdome.
J. Craig McDonald, Ph.D. (1981, University of York) is emeritus professor of English at King University, Tennessee. He has published on Robert Henryson and John Irelandâs Meroure of Wyssdome.
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
1 Editing the Text
2 Origins and Contexts
3 The CS as Literature
4 1499âThe Latin catenae
5 1578âA Dyall of Dayly Contemplacion
Bibliography
Treatment of Texts
â1âScots
â2âLatin
â3âTranslations of Sententiae
Prologue (1499)
Poem and Catenae
Textual Notes: Poem
â1âTextual Notes Pertaining to the Scottish Manuscripts
â2âTextual Notes Pertaining to the 1499 English Print
Emendations: Sententiae
Commentary: Poem
Sources: Sententiae
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Editing the Text
2 Origins and Contexts
3 The CS as Literature
4 1499âThe Latin catenae
5 1578âA Dyall of Dayly Contemplacion
Bibliography
Texts
Treatment of Texts
â1âScots
â2âLatin
â3âTranslations of Sententiae
Prologue (1499)
Poem and Catenae
Textual Notes: Poem
â1âTextual Notes Pertaining to the Scottish Manuscripts
â2âTextual Notes Pertaining to the 1499 English Print
Emendations: Sententiae
Commentary, Sources, Glossary
Commentary: Poem
Sources: Sententiae
Glossary
Index
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