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The two texts of the Dialogue presented here, a Latin version printed ca. 1488 and a Middle English translation printed in 1492, preserve lively, entertaining, and revealing exchanges between the Old Testament wisdom figure Solomon and Marcolf, a medieval peasant who is ragged and foul-mouthed but quick-witted and verbally astute. The Dialogue was a best-seller of its day; Latin versions survive in some twenty-seven manuscripts and forty-nine early printed editions and the work was translated into a wide variety of late medieval vernaculars, including German, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, English, and Welsh.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Dialogue of Solomon and Marcolf
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
Appendix
Bibliography

The Dialogue of Solomon and Marcolf: A

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      Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/11/2012
      ISBN13: 9781580441803, 978-1580441803
      ISBN10: 1580441807

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The two texts of the Dialogue presented here, a Latin version printed ca. 1488 and a Middle English translation printed in 1492, preserve lively, entertaining, and revealing exchanges between the Old Testament wisdom figure Solomon and Marcolf, a medieval peasant who is ragged and foul-mouthed but quick-witted and verbally astute. The Dialogue was a best-seller of its day; Latin versions survive in some twenty-seven manuscripts and forty-nine early printed editions and the work was translated into a wide variety of late medieval vernaculars, including German, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, English, and Welsh.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements
      Introduction
      The Dialogue of Solomon and Marcolf
      Explanatory Notes
      Textual Notes
      Appendix
      Bibliography

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