Geoffrey Chaucer's A.B.C., called La prière de Nostre Dame
Subtitle: made, as some say, at the request of Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster, as a prayer for her private use, being a woman in her religion very devout.
Contributors: Haselwood, Dave.; Guillaume, de Deguileville, 14th cent.
Publisher: Grabhorn-Hoyem
Published: 1967
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 51
Subjects: Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Poetry
Other titles: A.B.C., called La prière de Nostre Dame.
Notes: "Text is taken from the Kelmscott edition of 'The works of Geoffrey Chaucer' based on Professor Skeat's editing of the Ellesmere manuscript. The contemporary translation facing the original text was made by Dave Haselwood."
Chaucer's version of the hymn to the Blessed Virgin from Deguilleville's Pèlerinage de vie humaine. Cf. Brit. Mus. cat.
English and Middle English.