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Of Mendynge of Lyfe (BL, Add MS 37790)

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Of Mendynge of Lyfe (BL, Add MS 37790)

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Translated into Middle English by the Carmelite monk, Richard Misyn. The rubric begins, 'This boke is off mendynge of lyfe or ellys off the rewle of lyfynge'. The translator's name is given in the colophon: 'Thus endis the xii chapetyrs off Richarde Hampole into Englys translate be frere Rycharde Misyn to infformacioun off crystyn saulis anno domini millesimo ccccxxxiiii' (1435)

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London, British Library, Additional MS 37790

Carries work

De emendatione vitae

Hand

Gothic cursive

Folios

ff. 1r-18r

Language

English, Middle

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London, British Library, Additional MS 37790 Book object
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Translation of 'De emendatione vitae' by Richard Mysin into Middle English Action