>Per a discussion which took place late last summer, I am submitting a
>general bibliography to the list's archives. Contributions are from
>Ottfried Lieberknecht, Anallisa Bracciotti, Richard Landes, Frank Shaw,
>and Stephen Harris.
>
>(1) Primary sources dealing with the six (+ 1) ages of the world and/or ages
>of man:
>
> (Big list follows)
>NOTE: Please feel free to add works to this list.
Dear all,
To the list may be added:
Robert Grosseteste, Bp of Lincoln (early 13th cent): in *Robert
Grosseteste, Hexaemeron*, ed. R.C.Dales and S.Gieben (OUP for British
academy, 1982), Particula Octava, chap.30. A discussion of the six ages.
You may also be interested to know of the vernacular text (Scottish), late
15th cent, *The Sex Werkdays and Agis*, ed. L.A.J.R.Houwen (Groningen,
1990). This is a short universal history--and aren't most of the universal
chronicles based on the six ages idea? I suppose the best known is the
splendid *Nuremberg Chronicle* printed in two forms (German and Latin) in
1493.
Hope this is of interest.
Brian
Brian Donaghey - Dept of English Language & Linguistics - Ext 6291
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