Middle English Bibliography Entry

The Book of Noblesse

Entry Info

External References:
IPMEP 190
Manual 5.p.1485
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
London, British Library, Royal 18.B.22 . (Pref. MS)
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
The Boke of Noblesse, ed. J. B. Nichols, Roxburghe Club Publications 77 (1860).
William Worcester : The Boke of Noblesse and the English Texts from its Codicil, ed. C. Nall and D. Wakelin, Early English Text Society, Original Series 362 (2023).
MED title stencils and sources:
Roy 18.B.22
  • c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22) The Boke of Noblesse, ed. J. B. Nichols, Roxburghe Club Publications 77 (1860).1-85. Note: Treated as anonymous till the arrival of the EETS edition (November 2023), thereafter attributed to William Worcester. Dates left as they had been, though the MED dating scheme does scant justice to a work that evidently underwent several stages of revision from its origins ca. 1451 to its final authorial and holograph corrections in 1475.
  • c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22:N&W) William Worcester : The Boke of Noblesse and the English Texts from its Codicil, ed. C. Nall and D. Wakelin, Early English Text Society, Original Series 362 (2023).1-80.

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