Middle English Bibliography Entry

The Order of Fools

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 3444
NIMEV 3444
DIMEV 5428
Manual 6.XVI.130
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud Misc. 683 . (Pref. MS)
London, British Library, Additional 34360 (olim Phillipps 9053) .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodl. 638 .
London, British Library, Harley 2251 .
London, British Library, Cotton Nero A.6 .
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
The Minor Poems of John Lydgate, ed. H. N. MacCracken, vol. 2, Early English Text Society, Original Series 192 (1934; reprint 1961).
A Selection from the Minor Poems of Dan John Lydgate, ed. J. O. Halliwell, Percy Society Publications 2 (1840).
Queene Elizabethes Achademy, ed. F. J. Furnivall, Early English Text Society, Extra Series 8 (1869; reprint 1973).
MED title stencils and sources:
LdMisc 683
  • c1475(a1449) Lydg.OFools (LdMisc 683) The Minor Poems of John Lydgate, ed. H. N. MacCracken, vol. 2, Early English Text Society, Original Series 192 (1934; reprint 1961).449-55. Note: Dated (a1449) in E and F of print MED.
Hrl 2251
  • c1475 Lydg.OFools (Hrl 2251) A Selection from the Minor Poems of Dan John Lydgate, ed. J. O. Halliwell, Percy Society Publications 2 (1840).164-71.
  • c1475 Lydg.OFools (Hrl 2251:MacC.) The Minor Poems of John Lydgate, ed. H. N. MacCracken, vol. 2, Early English Text Society, Original Series 192 (1934; reprint 1961).fns. pp. 449-55.
  • See also Variants below.
Nero A.6
  • c1475 Lydg.OFools (Nero A.6) Queene Elizabethes Achademy, ed. F. J. Furnivall, Early English Text Society, Extra Series 8 (1869; reprint 1973).79-84. Note: Dated ?a1475 in E and F of print MED.
  • See also Variants below.
Variants taken from:
The Minor Poems of John Lydgate, ed. H. N. MacCracken, vol. 2, Early English Text Society, Original Series 192 (1934; reprint 1961).fns. pp. 449-55.
  • a1500 (Add 34360)
  • c1475 (Bod 638)
  • c1475 (Hrl 2251:MacCracken)
  • c1475 (Nero A.6:MacCracken)

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