Juliana Berners
Juliana Berners (* around 1400 ; † after 1460 ) was an English writer .
Juliana Berners was one of England's earliest women writers. According to unclear tradition, she was the daughter of Sir James Berners , who was initially his favorite during the reign of Richard II , but was then beheaded in 1388. Berners became prioress of Sopwell Monastery near St Albans and died after 1460.
She loved hunting , especially falcon picking , fishing and heraldry . She wrote about these activities, partly in verse for contemporary reasons, the work The bokys of Hawkyng and Huntyng and also of Cootarmuris (St. Albans 1486, Gothic with woodcuts) , which is extremely rare in its first edition . Only two complete copies of the work are known, making it one of the most delicious pearls for British bibliophilia .
The book on heraldry, written around 1441, was added in later editions. The latest edition ( London 1811) is also a rarity, as only 150 copies were printed.
literature
- George Ballard : Memoirs of several ladies of Great Britain, who have been celebrated for their writings, or skill in the learned languages, arts and sciences . Printed by W. Jackson, for the author, Oxford 1752, pp. 5ff .
- Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie : Women in science: antiquity through the nineteenth century: a biographical dictionary with annotated bibliography . 3. Edition. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA 1991, ISBN 0-262-65038-X , p. 36
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berners, Juliana |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1400 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1460 |