December 1993

Edited by Joseph Gallagher (1993). Printed by William Caxton 1489. Caxton translated The Doctrinal of Sapience from a French original first assembled in 1389. There is no known manuscript tradition in English and the only known translation is Caxton’s single edition, of which thirteen copies survive, four of which are perfect. Like all manuals the Doctrinal deals with the basic… Read More »Vol. 26 The Doctrinal of Sapience