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Edited with a facing-page English translation from the Latin text
by: Brooke, C. N. L.; Unknown function: Mynors, R. A. B.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Walter Map was a twelfth-century courtier and royal servant. He was
a prolific writer, but De Nugis Curialium ('Courtiers' Trifles') is
the only surviving work confidently attributed to him. The book is
a collection of short stories and anecdotes about the court,
religion and history. Map's references demonstrate that he read
widely, not only biblical and theological works, but also classical
authors such as Horace, Virgil, Ovid and Juvenal. The only
surviving manuscript of the work is a fourteenth-century copy once
belonging to the monk John Wells of Ramsey Abbey. The Cambridge
bibliographer M. R. James would have been attracted to the breadth
of Map's referencing, and the author's light-hearted writing style
which was intended to entertain. James' 1914 Oxford publication
corrected the earlier work of Thomas Wright who published an
edition for the Camden Society in 1850.
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