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THE SEVEN PSALMS: A COMMENTARY ON THE PENITENTIAL PSALMS; Translated from French Into English by Dame Eleanor Hull
19958025Early English Text Society. 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Very light bump to top of spine else Fine. DJ has very light shelfwear.; Early English Text Society No. 307; 368 pages; 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. . 0197223095 . Early English Text Society hardcover
