Table of Contents

Foreword Acknowledgements Plates Abbreviations Sigla of the Manuscripts and Early Prints of The Scale of Perfection Introduction Description of the Manuscripts and Early Prints of Scale II Complete or Originally Complete Manuscripts of Scale II in English Early Printed Editions Fragment of an Originally Complete Manuscript Extracts MS Y of Thomas Fishlake's Latin Scale The Place of Scale II in Hilton's Literary opus The Shape of Scale II Editing Scale II The Language of MS H7 Editorial conventions Bibliography The Text Notes Glossary Index of Biblical Citations

About the Author

Stanley Hussey was formerly Professor of medieval English at the University of Lancaster Michael Sargent is Professor of English at Queen's College, City University of New York

Reviews

Sargent...provides two surviving tables of chapters in the text from two different manuscripts, a full set of explanatory notes, a glossary, and an index of quotations and allusions. The result is not only a useful edition of an important text, but also, given Sargent's extensive reflection on his editorial approach, a significant contribution to editorial theory in Middle English studies. * Daniel Sawyer, The English Association *