A Fifteenth-Century Courtesy Book, And, Two Fifteenth-Century Franciscan Rules (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book A Fifteenth-Century Courtesy Book, And, Two Fifteenth-Century Franciscan Rules (Classic Reprint) written by R. W. Chambers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Fifteenth-Century Courtesy Book, And, Two Fifteenth-Century Franciscan Rules IT is almost exactly four years since Dr. Furnivall, during his last illness, asked me to edit the first of the tracts in this volume. 'a month ago, ' he wrote, Quaritch sent me a little l5th-century ms. Of twelve pages (i think) on the duties Of the Marshal and other officers of a big household. Thinking it interesting and unique, I sent it on to Dr. Warren, and he, ag'reeing, bought it for the British Museum.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.