{"product_id":"william-touris-ofm-the-contemplacioun-of-synnaris-late-medieval-advice-to-a-prince-9789004256965","title":"William Touris OFM, The Contemplacioun of Synnaris: Late-medieval Advice to a Prince","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Contemplacioun of Synnaris, by the Observant Franciscan William Touris, written c.1494 and evidently intended for King James IV of Scotland, is a significant and much copied work of Older Scots, although the earliest surviving witness is the English print by Wynkyn de Worde (1499).      The Contemplacioun was the very first work of Older Scots literature to be translated and to be printed. The poem’s seven sections comprise a course of meditations for Holy Week. Richard Fox, bishop of Durham, commissioned the English print, in which the stanzas were preceded by Latin sententiae, biblical, medieval and ancient. The work retained sufficient interest to re-emerge in separate versions in both Scotland (1568) and England (1578), drastically revised for Protestant readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Acknowledgements  List of Figures and Tables  Abbreviations    Introduction    1 Editing the Text    2 Origins and Contexts    3 The CS as Literature    4 1499—The Latin catenae    5 1578—A Dyall of Dayly Contemplacion    Bibliography    Texts    Treatment of Texts   1 Scots   2 Latin   3 Translations of Sententiae    Prologue (1499)    Poem and Catenae    Textual Notes: Poem   1 Textual Notes Pertaining to the Scottish Manuscripts   2 Textual Notes Pertaining to the 1499 English Print    Emendations: Sententiae    Commentary, Sources, Glossary    Commentary: Poem    Sources: Sententiae    Glossary    Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210640777559,"sku":"9789004256965","price":129.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/william-touris-ofm-the-contemplacioun-of-synnaris-late-medieval-advice-to-a-prince-9789004256965","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}