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*