Elizabeth Solopova is a Research Fellow at the English Faculty and New College, University of Oxford. She has published widely on Old and Middle English literature, including Manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible in the Bodleian and Oxford College Libraries (Liverpool, 2016).

• ContentsAcknowledgements ixList of Illustrations xAbbreviations xiiBibliographic Abbreviations xivAbbreviations for Biblical Books xviiiNotes on Contributors xxiIntroduction: New Directions in Research on the First English Bible 1Elizabeth SolopovaPart 1Contexts1 The Wycliffite Bible: The Historical Context 11Jeremy Catto2 The Place of Holy Scripture in John Wyclif’s Theology 27Ian Christopher Levy3 The European Background: ‘þe Bible and oþere bookis of deuociun andof exposicioun’ in French 49Delbert Russell4 European Background: Czech Translations 66Jakub Sichalek5 The Wycliffites: Hosts or Guests, First Finders or Followers? 85James H. MoreyPart 2Text6 The Latin Text 107Anne Hudson and Elizabeth Solopova7 The Origin and Textual Tradition of the Wycliffite Bible 133Anne Hudson8 The Prologues 162Kantik Ghosh9 The Wycliffite Psalms 183Annie Sutherland10 Dialect 202Elizabeth SolopovaPart 3Manuscripts11 The Manuscript Tradition 223Elizabeth Solopova12 The Palaeography of the Wycliffite Bibles in Oxford 246Ralph Hanna13 The Decoration of Wycliffite Bibles 266Lynda Dennison and Nigel Morgan14 Glossing and Glosses 346Michael P. KuczynskiPart 4Reception15 The Selective Censorship of the Wycliffite Bible 371Maureen Jurkowski16 Nicholas Love’s Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ 389Michael G. Sargent17 The Use of the Wycliffite Translation in Other Middle EnglishTexts 406Stephen Morrison18 Reading the Wycliffite Bible in Reformation England 426Mark Rankin19 Editing the Wycliffite Bible 450Anne HudsonSelect Bibliography 467Index of Manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible 484Index of Names, Places, and Texts 493

Elizabeth Solopova is a Research Fellow at the English Faculty and New College, University of Oxford. She has published widely on Old and Middle English literature, including Manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible in the Bodleian and Oxford College Libraries (Liverpool, 2016).

• ContentsAcknowledgements ixList of Illustrations xAbbreviations xiiBibliographic Abbreviations xivAbbreviations for Biblical Books xviiiNotes on Contributors xxiIntroduction: New Directions in Research on the First English Bible 1Elizabeth SolopovaPart 1Contexts1 The Wycliffite Bible: The Historical Context 11Jeremy Catto2 The Place of Holy Scripture in John Wyclif’s Theology 27Ian Christopher Levy3 The European Background: ‘þe Bible and oþere bookis of deuociun andof exposicioun’ in French 49Delbert Russell4 European Background: Czech Translations 66Jakub Sichalek5 The Wycliffites: Hosts or Guests, First Finders or Followers? 85James H. MoreyPart 2Text6 The Latin Text 107Anne Hudson and Elizabeth Solopova7 The Origin and Textual Tradition of the Wycliffite Bible 133Anne Hudson8 The Prologues 162Kantik Ghosh9 The Wycliffite Psalms 183Annie Sutherland10 Dialect 202Elizabeth SolopovaPart 3Manuscripts11 The Manuscript Tradition 223Elizabeth Solopova12 The Palaeography of the Wycliffite Bibles in Oxford 246Ralph Hanna13 The Decoration of Wycliffite Bibles 266Lynda Dennison and Nigel Morgan14 Glossing and Glosses 346Michael P. KuczynskiPart 4Reception15 The Selective Censorship of the Wycliffite Bible 371Maureen Jurkowski16 Nicholas Love’s Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ 389Michael G. Sargent17 The Use of the Wycliffite Translation in Other Middle EnglishTexts 406Stephen Morrison18 Reading the Wycliffite Bible in Reformation England 426Mark Rankin19 Editing the Wycliffite Bible 450Anne HudsonSelect Bibliography 467Index of Manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible 484Index of Names, Places, and Texts 493

Elizabeth Solopova is a Research Fellow at the English Faculty and New College, University of Oxford. She has published widely on Old and Middle English literature, including Manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible in the Bodleian and Oxford College Libraries (Liverpool, 2016).

• ContentsAcknowledgements ixList of Illustrations xAbbreviations xiiBibliographic Abbreviations xivAbbreviations for Biblical Books xviiiNotes on Contributors xxiIntroduction: New Directions in Research on the First English Bible 1Elizabeth SolopovaPart 1Contexts1 The Wycliffite Bible: The Historical Context 11Jeremy Catto2 The Place of Holy Scripture in John Wyclif’s Theology 27Ian Christopher Levy3 The European Background: ‘þe Bible and oþere bookis of deuociun andof exposicioun’ in French 49Delbert Russell4 European Background: Czech Translations 66Jakub Sichalek5 The Wycliffites: Hosts or Guests, First Finders or Followers? 85James H. MoreyPart 2Text6 The Latin Text 107Anne Hudson and Elizabeth Solopova7 The Origin and Textual Tradition of the Wycliffite Bible 133Anne Hudson8 The Prologues 162Kantik Ghosh9 The Wycliffite Psalms 183Annie Sutherland10 Dialect 202Elizabeth SolopovaPart 3Manuscripts11 The Manuscript Tradition 223Elizabeth Solopova12 The Palaeography of the Wycliffite Bibles in Oxford 246Ralph Hanna13 The Decoration of Wycliffite Bibles 266Lynda Dennison and Nigel Morgan14 Glossing and Glosses 346Michael P. KuczynskiPart 4Reception15 The Selective Censorship of the Wycliffite Bible 371Maureen Jurkowski16 Nicholas Love’s Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ 389Michael G. Sargent17 The Use of the Wycliffite Translation in Other Middle EnglishTexts 406Stephen Morrison18 Reading the Wycliffite Bible in Reformation England 426Mark Rankin19 Editing the Wycliffite Bible 450Anne HudsonSelect Bibliography 467Index of Manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible 484Index of Names, Places, and Texts 493