'The Index of Middle English Prose' will ultimately locate, identify and
record all extant Middle English prose texts composed between c.1200 and
c.1500. The initial volumes, the 'Handlists' give descriptions of each
item in a particular collection, with identification, categorisation,
and full bibliographical data. This volume examines libraries in
Scandinavia containing Middle English prose texts: the Royal Library of
Copenhagen, Denmark, the Royal Library of Stockholm, theUniversity
Library of Uppsala, Sweden, and the Sch]yen Collection in Oslo, Norway.
An extensive collection of alchemical writings in Copenhagen is listed
for the first time. Medical texts are well represented, including
Lanfrank's surgery and a Canutus treatise in Copenhagen, and the famous
medical miscellanies in Stockholm. Uppsala has a number of religious
works. The Sch]yen Collection is a private MS collection ontaining
items of Middle English prose. IRMA TAAVITSAINEN is a researcher and
member of the staff of the English Department at the University of
Helsinki, Finland.