A fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, from 1372 to 1376 at the same time as John Wycliff and Nicholas of Hereford, Trevisa may well have been one of the contributors to the Early Version of Wycliffe's Bible. The preface to the King James Version of 1611 singles him out as a translator amongst others at that time: "even in our King Richard the second's days, John Trevisa translated them [the Gospels] into English, and many English Bibles in written hand are yet to be seen that divers translated, as it is very probable, in that age". Subsequently, he translated a number of books of the Bible into French for Lord Berkeley, including a version of the Book of Revelation, which his patron had written up onto the ceiling of the chapel at Berkeley Castle. Trevisa's reputation as a writer rests principally on his translations of encyclopaedic works from Latin into English, undertaken with the support of his patron, Thomas (IV), the fifth Baron Berkeley, as a continuous programme of enlightenment for the laity.[3]
^The Cornish Language and Its Literature – Peter Berresford Ellis 1974
^"Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, Monachi Cestrensis; together with the English translation of John Trevisa, and of an unknown Writer of the Fifteenth Century edited by Rev. Joseph Rawson Lumby, Vol. III". The Athenaeum (2282): 108–109. 22 July 1871.
John of Trevisa, Online Companion to Middle English Literature
John Trevisa, Cambridge History of English and American Literature (1907–21) – see also the previous and following pages.
Trevisa, John de, Dictionary of National Biography, 1899
Jane Beal, John Trevisa and the English Polychronicon (2012) – book examining Trevisa's rhetorical strategies to establish his own authority in his Polychronicon, a universal history of the world, with additional consideration of his letter to Lord Berkeley, "Dialogue between a Lord and a Clerk," and interpolated notes as well as his other translations. The final chapter considers the reception of the English Polychronicon in the Renaissance.
Digital view of Trevisa's On The Properties of Things, from the British Library
January 13, 2023
john, trevisa, john, trevisa, latin, ioannes, trevisa, 1342, 1402, cornish, writer, translator, polychronicon, ranulphi, higdin, monachi, cestrensis, 1865, trevisa, born, trevessa, parish, enoder, cornwall, britain, native, cornish, speaker, educated, exeter, . John Trevisa or John of Trevisa Latin Ioannes Trevisa fl 1342 1402 AD was a Cornish writer and translator Polychronicon Ranulphi Higdin Monachi Cestrensis 1865 Trevisa was born at Trevessa in the parish of St Enoder in mid Cornwall in Britain and was a native Cornish speaker 1 He was educated at Exeter College Oxford and became Vicar of Berkeley Gloucestershire chaplain to the 5th Lord Berkeley and Canon of Westbury on Trym He translated into English for his patron the Latin Polychronicon of Ranulf Higden 2 adding remarks of his own and prefacing it with a Dialogue on Translation between a Lord and a Clerk He likewise made various other translations including Bartholomaeus Anglicus On the Properties of Things De Proprietatibus Rerum a medieval forerunner of the encyclopedia A fellow of Queen s College Oxford from 1372 to 1376 at the same time as John Wycliff and Nicholas of Hereford Trevisa may well have been one of the contributors to the Early Version of Wycliffe s Bible The preface to the King James Version of 1611 singles him out as a translator amongst others at that time even in our King Richard the second s days John Trevisa translated them the Gospels into English and many English Bibles in written hand are yet to be seen that divers translated as it is very probable in that age Subsequently he translated a number of books of the Bible into French for Lord Berkeley including a version of the Book of Revelation which his patron had written up onto the ceiling of the chapel at Berkeley Castle Trevisa s reputation as a writer rests principally on his translations of encyclopaedic works from Latin into English undertaken with the support of his patron Thomas IV the fifth Baron Berkeley as a continuous programme of enlightenment for the laity 3 John Trevisa is the 18th most frequently cited author in the Oxford English Dictionary and the third most frequently cited source for the first evidence of a word after Geoffrey Chaucer and the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 4 References Edit The Cornish Language and Its Literature Peter Berresford Ellis 1974 Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden Monachi Cestrensis together with the English translation of John Trevisa and of an unknown Writer of the Fifteenth Century edited by Rev Joseph Rawson Lumby Vol III The Athenaeum 2282 108 109 22 July 1871 Oxford DNB http www oxforddnb com ep fjernadgang kb dk view article 27722 Top 1000 sources in the OED David C Fowler 1993 John Trevisa Ashgate ISBN 0 86078 370 7 David C Fowler 1995 The Life and Times of John Trevisa Medieval Scholar Seattle University of Washington Press ISBN 0 295 97427 3 Eric Gethyn Jones 1978 Trevisa of Berkeley a Celtic Firebrand Dursley Alan Sutton ISBN 0 904387 20 8External links Edit Cornwall portalJohn of Trevisa Online Companion to Middle English Literature John Trevisa Cambridge History of English and American Literature 1907 21 see also the previous and following pages Trevisa John de Dictionary of National Biography 1899 Jane Beal John Trevisa and the English Polychronicon 2012 book examining Trevisa s rhetorical strategies to establish his own authority in his Polychronicon a universal history of the world with additional consideration of his letter to Lord Berkeley Dialogue between a Lord and a Clerk and interpolated notes as well as his other translations The final chapter considers the reception of the English Polychronicon in the Renaissance Works by John Trevisa at Project Gutenberg Works by or about John Trevisa at Internet Archive This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Cousin John William 1910 A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature London J M Dent amp Sons via Wikisource Digital view of Trevisa s On The Properties of Things from the British Library Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Trevisa amp oldid 1086598436, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
