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Fleur Adcock.
The Virgin and the Nightingale: Medieval Latin Poems.

Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books, 1988 reprint (previously issued 1983).
ISBN 0906427568;
ISBN-13: 9780906427569.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: Bell & Bain Ltd., Glasgow.
Size: 137x215x8mm.
Page count: 96pp.
Main language: Latin texts with facing translations in English.
Overall condition fair to good: slightly battered in appearance, some scuffs on the covers, some wear at the edges and curling at the corners; the spine is not creased from reading; at least one text page has some pencilled annotation.


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[Publisher’s price £6.95]
Weight without packaging: 170g.

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Contents: presents the texts of 22 Latin poems (including 8 by Peter of Blois), with facing translations in modern English verse.

Introduction: no
Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Illustrations: a few monochrome text decorations by Peter Henry
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: a note on sources, otherwise no
Index: no

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See also | Medieval lyric | Modern poetry |

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