Middle English Bibliography Entry

Chapters on Perfection

Entry Info

External References:
IPMEP 677
Manual 9.XXIII.32
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale angl.41 . (Pref. MS)
London, British Library, Harley 6615 .
London, Inner Temple Library, Petyt 524 .
Oxford, St. John's College 94 .
LALME: vol. 1. 153. "NME, with a component firmly localised along the Salop-Herefords border." Salop/Herefords. NME.
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
F. Kuriyagawa, The Paris Manuscript of Walter Hilton's Eight Chapters on Perfection (1958; rev. 1967).
F. Kuriyagawa, The Inner Temple Manuscript of Walter Hilton's Eight Chapters on Perfection, reprinted from Studies in English Literature: English Number 1971, The English Literary Society of Japan (1971).
MED title stencils and sources:
Paris angl.41
  • a1450(a1396) Hilton CPerf. (Paris angl.41) F. Kuriyagawa, The Paris Manuscript of Walter Hilton's Eight Chapters on Perfection (1958; rev. 1967).1958 ed. pp. 31-56; 1967 ed. pp. 1-33.
Hrl 6615
  • a1500 Hilton CPerf. (Hrl 6615) F. Kuriyagawa, The Inner Temple Manuscript of Walter Hilton's Eight Chapters on Perfection, reprinted from Studies in English Literature: English Number 1971, The English Literary Society of Japan (1971).fns.
  • See also Variants below.
Petyt 524
  • a1500 Hilton CPerf. (Petyt 524) F. Kuriyagawa, The Inner Temple Manuscript of Walter Hilton's Eight Chapters on Perfection, reprinted from Studies in English Literature: English Number 1971, The English Literary Society of Japan (1971).passim. Note: Sargent dates this MS more specifically to the middle of the 15th century.
StJ-O 94
  • c1425 Hilton CPerf. (StJ-O 94) F. Kuriyagawa, The Inner Temple Manuscript of Walter Hilton's Eight Chapters on Perfection, reprinted from Studies in English Literature: English Number 1971, The English Literary Society of Japan (1971).fns.
  • See also Variants below.
Variants taken from:
F. Kuriyagawa, The Inner Temple Manuscript of Walter Hilton's Eight Chapters on Perfection, reprinted from Studies in English Literature: English Number 1971, The English Literary Society of Japan (1971).fns.
  • a1500 (Hrl 6615)
  • c1425 (StJ-O 94)

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