The body of polycye

Auteur:	Attribution incertaine
Titre:	The body of polycye (ms., inc.; éd. 1521, inc. et expl.); The body of polocye (ms., expl.)
Date:	Troisième quart du XV^e siècle
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Langue:	Anglais
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Forme:	Prose
Contenu:	Traduction du Livre du corps de policie de Christine de Pizan.
Incipit:	Here begynneth the boke whiche is called the body of polycye. And it speketh of vertues and of good maners. And the said boke is deuyded in thre parties. The firste parte is adressed to pryncys, the second to knyghtes and nobles, and the thyrde to the vniuersall people. The firste chapetur spekethe of the discripcion of the body of polycie. Iif it be possible that of vyce…
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Éditions anciennes

The booke whiche is called the body of polycye. And it speketh of vertues and of good maners, and the sayd boke is devyded in thre partyes. The fyrst party is adressed to prynces. The seconde to knyghtes and nobles: and the thyrde to the unyversal people.
London, John Skot, 17 mai 1521
ARLIMA: EA799 USTC: 501661 ESTC: S110005
Exemplaires physiques: Cambridge, University Library, Sel. 4. 38; Manchester, John Rylands University Library, 15056.

Éditions modernes

Christine du Castel, Here begynneth the booke whiche is called The body of polycye [Facsim. of the ed. printed in London by J. Scott in 1521], Amsterdam, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum; New York, Da Capo Press (English Experience, 304), 1971.
Fac-similé de l'édition de 1521.
The Middle English Translation of Christine de Pisan's "Livre du corps de policie", Ed. from MS C.U.L. Kk. 1.5 by Diane Borstein, Heidelberg, Winter (Middle English Texts, 7), 1977, 224 p.

Traductions modernes

Études

Bornstein, Diane, « Reflections on political theory and political fact in fifteenth-century mirrors for the prince », Mediaeval Studies in Honor of Lillian Herlands Hornstein, éd. J. B. Bessinger, Jr., et Robert R. Raymo, New York, New York University Press, 1976, p. 77-85.
Bornstein, Diane, « French influence on fifteenth-century English prose as exemplified by the translation of Christine de Pisan's Livre du corps de policie », Mediæval Studies, 39, 1977, p. 369-386. DOI: 10.1484/j.ms.2.306837
Bornstein, Diane, « Sir Anthony Woodville as the translator of Christine de Pisan's Livre du corps de policie », Fifteenth Century Studies, 2, 1979, p. 9-19.