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Jacob's well
| Titre: | Jacob's well |
| Date: | XVe siècle |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Forme: | Prose |
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| Incipit: | Capitulum primum. Qualiter de puteo concupiscencie fit fons Jacob. Whann a man of craft wyll werkyn ony gret werk, þat askyth long labour, dyscretly he ymagyth & castyth be-forn in his herte how he wyll makyn it, & endyn it. Þer-fore, sires, I purpose here-after gostly to makyn a gret werk, þat is, of a schelde pytt to makyn a depe welle… |
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Manuscrits
- Salisbury, Cathedral Library, 103
Éditions anciennes
Éditions modernes
- Jacob's Well, an Englisht Treatise on the Cleansing of Man's Conscience. Edited from the unique MS. about 1440 A. D. in Salisbury Cathedral, by Dr. Arthur Brandeis. Part I, London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co. (Early English Text Society. Original Series, 115), 1900, xvi + 313 p. [GB] [IA]
Traductions modernes
Études
- Owst, G. R., Literature and Pulpit in Medieval England: A Neglected Chapter in the History of English Letters of the English People, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1933, xxiv + 616 p.
Réimpressions:- Owst, G. R., Literature and Pulpit in Medieval England: A Neglected Chapter in the History of English Letters of the English People, New York, Barnes and Noble, 1961, [ix] + 614 p. [IA]
- 1966
Répertoires bibliographiques
Rédaction: Laurent Brun
Dernière mise à jour: 2 novembre 2025
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