The Seven Psalms A Commentary on the Penitential Psalms

by Barratt, Alexandra; Hull, Eleanor

• ISBN13: 9780197223093
• ISBN10: 0197223095
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-05-23
• Publisher: Early English Text Society

Summary

This is the first edition of a translation into English of an Old French Commentary on the Penitential Psalms, made in the fifteenth century by Dame Eleanor Hull, wife of Sir John Hull, a retainer of John of Gaunt. Eleanor Hull was a devout laywoman, lady-in-waiting to the second wife of Henry IV, who spent some of her life in Sopwell Priory, a house of Benedictine nuns attached to St. Albans Abbey. She is the first woman to have made translations into English whose name is known, and about whom there is any information. In addition to the commentary on the penitential psalms, she translated a collection of prayers and meditations. Dame Hull is a significant figure in English literary history, who has remained virtually unknown until now.

Table of Contents

Plate
List of Abbreviations and Short Titles
Introduction
The Seven Psalms
The Manuscript
The Translator
The Language of the Text
Note on the Text
The Seven Psalms	p. 1
Appendix: Eleanor Hull's Will	p. 203
Notes	p. 205
Glossary	p. 273
Index of Proper Names	p. 319
Index of Biblical References	p. 321
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