The Index of Middle English Prose: Handlist XVI: The Laudian Collection, Bodleian Library, Oxford

‘The Index of Middle English Prose when completed will be a monumental achievement' REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES

Archbishop Laud was Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1629-1641, during which period he donated over twelve thousand manuscripts to the Bodleian Library. Only a small minority of these contain Middle English prose, but they cover a wide spectrum. Religious works include eight copies of the Wycliffite New Testament, one unrecorded by printed authorities, Wycliffite sermons, ...