Research Catalog

Title

The babees' book : medieval manners for the young / done into modern English from Dr. Furnivall's texts, by Edith Rickert.

Publication

London : Chatto and Windus; New York : Duffield & co., 1923.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910
• Rickert, Edith, 1871-1938
• Naylor, L. J

Description

xxxv, 203 pages, 1 unnumbered page : frontispiece, plates.; 17 x 13 cm.

Series Statement

The New medieval library. [IV]

Uniform Title

New medieval library ; IV.

Subject

• Home economics > England
• England > Social life and customs
• Education
• Table
• Etiquette, Medieval

Note

• Added t.-p., engraved.
• "The engraved title ... was adapted by Miss Blanche C. Hunter from B. M. Add. ms. 31240, f. 4."--p. [iv]
• "Nearly forty years ago, Dr. Furnivall collected for the Early English text society 'divers treatises touching the manners and meals of Englishmen in former days'. Some of these were published in 1868, under the title The babees' book (since listed as Early English meals and manners) and others ... in 1869, under the title Queene Elizabethes achademy." The substance of Dr. Furnivall's collections in antiquated English are now presented in modern form. "About half of the translations have been made by Miss L. J. Naylor."--Introd. (p. xi-xii, xxxv)

Contents

Introduction.--The babees' book.--The A B C of Aristotle.--Urbanitatis.--The little children's book.--The young children's book.--Stans puer and mensam.--How the good wife taught her daughter.--How the wise man taught his son.--John Russell's Book of nurture.--The book of courtesy.--Symon's Lesson of wisdom for all manner children.--Hugh Rhode's Book of nurture.--Francis Seager's School of virtue.--Richard Weste's School of virtue, the second part, or The young scholar's paradise.--Notes.

LCCN

09004068

OCLC

ocm01560026

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries