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Connolly, Margaret King, Andrew Griffin, Carrie College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, University College Cork Bibliographical Society 2012-11-26T16:11:14Z 2012-11-26T16:11:14Z 2006-04 2006 The present work is a study of the Middle English prose text known as The Wise Book of Philosophy and Astronomy, a consideration of its transmission and reception history, and a survey of its manuscript witnesses; it also incorporates an edition of the text from two of its manuscripts. The text is a cosmological treatise of approximately five thousand words, written for the most part in English, with astronomical and astrological terms in Latin, though the English translation is frequently given. It is written anonymously, and survives in thirty-three manuscripts. College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, University College Cork (PhD Studentship); Bibliographical Society, United Kingdom (Travel grant) Not peer reviewed Accepted Version application/pdf Griffin, C. 2006. "A Good Reder": the middle English Wise Book of Philosophy and Astronomy, instruction, publics, and manuscripts. PhD Thesis, University College Cork. https://hdl.handle.net/10468/800 en University College Cork http://library.ucc.ie/record=b1841911~S0 © 2006, Carrie Griffin http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Middle English literature The Wise Book of Philosophy and Astronomy English literature Middle English, 1100-1500 Manuscripts, English (Middle) "A Good Reder": the middle English Wise Book of Philosophy and Astronomy, instruction, publics, and manuscripts Doctoral thesis Doctoral PhD (Arts)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess