List of English translations from medieval sources: E

The list of English translations from medieval sources: E provides an overview of notable medieval documents—historical, scientific, ecclesiastical and literature—that have been translated into English. This includes the original author, translator(s) and the translated document. Translations are from Old and Middle English, Old French, Old Norse, Latin, Arabic, Greek, Persian, Syriac, Ethiopic, Coptic, Armenian, and Hebrew, and most works cited are generally available in the University of Michigan's HathiTrust digital library and OCLC's WorldCat. Anonymous works are presented by topic.

List of English translations EA–EG Eanes de Zurara, Gomes. Gomes Eanes de Zurara (c. 1410 – c. 1474) was a Portuguese chronicler of the European Age of Discovery, the most notable after  Fernão Lopes.Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Azurara, Gomes Eannes de". Encyclopædia Britannica. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pg. 86.

The chronicle of the discovery and conquest of Guinea, written by Gomes Eannes de Azuarara (1896). Now first done into English by Charles Raymond Beazley and Edgar Prestage. Printed by the Hakluyt Society.Zurara, G. Eanes de., Prestage, E., Beazley, C. Raymond (Charles Raymond). (196). The chronicle of the discovery and conquest of Guinea. New York: B. Franklin. Conquests & discoveries of Henry the Navigator; being the Chronicles of Azurara (1936). Edited by Virginia de Castro e Almeida, with a preface by Marshal Lyautey; translated by Bernard Miall.Zurara, G. Eanes de., Miall, B., Castro e Almeida, V. de. (1936). Conquests & discoveries of Henry the Navigator: being the Chronicles of Azurara ....London: G. Allen & Unwin, ltd.. Ebbo. Ebbo (c. 775 – 20 March 851) was the Archbishop of Rheims from 816 until 835 and again from 840 to 841.Michael Ott (1909). "Ebbo". In Catholic Encyclopedia. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

The life of Otto, apostle of Pomerania, 1060-1139,  by Ebo and Herbordus (1920). Translated by Charles H. Robinson, D. D. Society for promoting Christian knowledge.Ebbo, d. 1163., Robinson, C. H. (Charles Henry)., Herbordus, d. 1168. (1920). The life of Otto, apostle of Pomerania, 1060-1139. London: Society for promoting Christian knowledge. A biography of Otto of Bamberg.Klemens Löffler (1911). "St. Otto". In Catholic Encyclopedia. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

Eckhart, Meister. Meister Eckhart, also known as Eckhart von Hochheim (c. 1260 – c. 1328), was a German Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher and mystic.Arthur Lawrence McMahon (1909). "Johann, Meister Eckhart". In Catholic Encyclopedia. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

Meister Eckhart (1924–31). Translated with some omissions and additions by C. de B. Evans.Eckhart, M., Evans, C. de B., Pfeiffer, F. (192431). Meister Eckhart. London: J. M. Watkins. Volume I is a translation of Deutsche Mystiker by Franz Pfeiffer, which is a continuation of Eckhart's work, and Volume II has further works of Eckhart from various sources. Meister Eckhart, a modern translation (1957). By Raymond Bernard Blakney.Eckhart, M., Blakney, R. Bernard. (1957). Meister Eckhart: a modern translation. New York: Harper & brothers. Treatises or Talks of instruction, Book of divine comfort, The aristocrat, About disinterest, sermons, various legends concerning Eckhart, and the defense prepared by Eckhart against charges of heresy. Meister Eckhart's sermons, first time translated into English by Claud Field.Meister Eckhart's sermons, first time translated into English by Claud Field. Documents Catholica Omnia. Edda Sæmundar. Edda Sæmundar, also known as the Codex Regis, is a form of Poetic Edda, an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems in alliterative verse.

Icelandic poetry; or, The Edda of Sæmund (1797).Southey, R., Cottle, A. Simon. (1797). Icelandic poetry: or, The Edda of Sæmund. Bristol: Printed by N. Biggs for Joseph Cottle. Translated into English verse, by Amos Simon Cottle and Robert Southey.Richard Garnett (1885). "Cottle, Amos Simon". In Dictionary of National Biography. 12. London. pg. 296.Richard Garnett (1898). "Southey, Robert". In Dictionary of National Biography. 53. London. pgs. 284–290. The Elder Edda of Saemund Sigfusson (1907).Buel, J. W. (James William)., Anderson, R. B. (Rasmus Bjørn)., Blackwell, J. Andrew., Thorpe, B., Buel, J. W. (James William)., Anderson, R. B. (Rasmus Bjørn)., Thorpe, B., Norrœna Society. (1907). The Elder Edda of Saemund Sigfusson. London: Norrœna Society. Translated from the original Old Norse text into English by Benjamin Thorpe.Thomas Seccombe (1898). "Thorpe, Benjamin". In Dictionary of National Biography. 56. London. pgs. 315–316. The Volsunga saga (1906).Weston, J. L. (Jessie Laidlay)., Weston, J. Laidlay., Buel, J. W. (James William)., Anderson, R. B. (Rasmus Bjørn)., Morris, W., Eiríkr Magnússon, 1., Sparling, H. Halliday (Henry Halliday)., Norrœna Society. (1906). The Volsunga saga. Viking ed. London: Norrœna Society. Translated from the Icelandic by Eirikr Magnusson and William M. [sic] Morris; with introduction by H. Halliday Sparling; Rasmus B. Anderson, editor in chief. The Völsunga saga includes the story of Sigurd and Brunhild, and, most famously, Sigurd killing the serpent/dragon Fáfnir and obtaining the cursed ring Andvaranaut that Fáfnir guarded. In this manuscript, the saga leads straight in to Ragnars saga loðbrókar. Corpus poeticum boreale: the poetry of the Old Northern tongue, from the earliest times to the thirteenth century (1883).Vigfússon, G., Powell, F. York (Frederick York). (1883). Corpus poeticum boreale: the poetry of the Old Northern tongue, from the earliest times to the thirteenth century. Oxford: Clarendon press. Edited, classified and translated, with introduction, excursus, and notes, by Gudbrand Vigfusson and F. York Powell.Frederick York Powell (1911). "Vígfússon, Gúdbrandr". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pg. 59.Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Powell, Frederick York". Encyclopædia Britannica. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pg. 223. Volume I contaics the Eddic poetry, but in many cases the poems are cut up and rearranged. The elder or poetic Edda,  commonly known as Saemund's Edda (1908).Bray, O. (1908). The elder or poetic Edda: commonly known as Saemund's Edda. London: Printed for the Viking Club.  Edited and translated with introduction and notes by Olive Bray. Printed for the Viking Club. The Poetic Edda (1923).Bellows, H. Adams. (1991). The Poetic Edda. Lewiston [N.Y.]: E. Mellen Press. Translated from the Icelandic by Henry Adams Bellows; introduction by William O. Cord. The Poetic Edda (1928).Hollander, L. Milton. (1962). The Poetic Edda. 2d ed., rev. Austin: University of Texas Press Translated with an introduction and explanatory notes by Lee M. Hollander. The British Edda (1930).1930). The British Edda, the great epic poem of the ancient Britons on the exploits of King Thor, Arthur or Adam and his knights in establishing civilization, reforming Eden & capturing the Holy Grail about 3380-3350 b.c: Reconstructed for first time from the medieval mss, by Babylonian, Hittite, Egyptian, Trojan & Gothic keys, and done literally into English. London: Chapman & Hall ltd. The great epic poem of the ancient Britons on the exploits of King Thor, Arthur or Adam and his knights in establishing civilization, reforming Eden and capturing the Holy Grail about 3380-3350 BC.  Reconstructed for first time from the medieval mss, by Babylonian, Hittite, Egyptian, Trojan and Gothic keys, and done literally into English by L. A. Waddell. A reinterpretation of the poems, attempting to link them to England. The Ha︣vama︣l, with selections from other poems of the Edda, illustrating the wisdom of the North in heathen times (1923).Clarke, D. Emily Martin. (1923). The Ha︣vama︣l: with selections from other poems of the Edda, illustrating the wisdom of the North in heathen times. Cambridge [Eng.]: The University press. Edited and translated by D. E. Martin Clarke. The Hávamál is presented as a single poem in the Codex Regius, a collection of Old Norse poems from the Viking age. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar is the Prose Edda attributed to Icelandic scholar, lawspeaker, and historian Snorri Sturluson.

Northern antiquities; or, An historical account of the manners, customs, religion and laws, maritime expeditions and discoveries, language and literature of the ancient Scandinavians (1847).allet, P. Henri., Scott, W., Blackwell, I. A.., Percy, T. (1847). Northern antiquities: or, An historical account of the manners, customs, religion and laws, maritime expeditions and discoveries, language and literature of the ancient Scandinavians. New ed., rev. throughout, and considerably enlarged; London: H.G. Bohn. Translated from the French of Paul Henri Mallet, by Bishop Thomas Percy.Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mallet, Paul Henri". Encyclopædia Britannica. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pg. 491.Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Percy, Thomas (bishop)". Encyclopædia Britannica. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pg. 136. The prose or younger Edda commonly ascribed to Snorri Sturluson (1842).Dasent, G. Webbe., Dasent, G. Webbe., Snorri Sturluson, 1. (1842). The prose: or younger Edda commonly ascribed to Snorri Sturluson. Stockholm: Norstedt and sons. Translated from the Old Norse by George Webbe Dasent.Thomas Seccombe (1902). "Dascent, George Webbe". In Dictionary of National Biography, Supplement. 2. London. pgs. 111–112. The younger Edda, also called Snorre's Edda of the prose Edda (1880).Anderson, R. B. (Rasmus Bjørn)., Snorri Sturluson, 1. (1880). The younger Edda, also called Snorre's Edda of the prose Edda: An English version of the foreword; the fooling of Gylfe, the afterword; Brage's talk, the afterword to Brage's talk, and the important passages in the Poetical diction (Skaldskaparmal). Chicago: S.C. Griggs. An English version of the foreword; the fooling of Gylfe, the afterword; Brage's talk, the afterword to Brage's talk, and the important passages in the Poetical diction (Skaldskaparmal). With an introduction, notes, vocabulary and index by Rasmus B. Anderson. The Prose Edda, by Snorri Sturluson (1916).Brodeur, A. Gilchrist., Snorri Sturluson, 1. (1916). The Prose Edda. New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation. Translated from the Icelandic, with an introduction, by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur. Eddius Stephanus. Eddius Stephanus, also known as Stephen of Ripon, was the author of the eighth-century hagiographic text Vita Sancti Wilfrithi, a biography of Saint Wilfrid.Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wilfred". Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pgs. 640–641..Kirby, D. P. “Bede, Eddius Stephanus and the ‘Life of Wilfrid.’” The English Historical Review, vol. 98, no. 386, 1983, pp. 101–14.

The life of Bishop Wilfrid (1927).Eddius Stephanus., Colgrave, B. (1927). The life of Bishop Wilfrid. Cambridge [Eng.]: The University press. By Eddius Stephanus; text, translation, and notes by Bertram Colgrave. Edessa. Ancient Syriac documents relative to the earliest establishment of Christianity in Edessa and the neighbouring countries:  from the year after our Lord's Ascension to the beginning of the fourth century (1864).Wright, W., Cureton, W. (1864). Ancient Syriac documents relative to the earliest establishment of Christianity in Edessa and the neighbouring countries: from the year after our Lord's Ascension to the beginning of the fourth century. London: Williams and Norgate. Discovered, edited, translated, and annotated by William Cureton; with a preface by William Wright (orientalist).Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cureton, William". Encyclopædia Britannica. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pg. 638.Cecil Bendall (1900). "Wright, William". In Dictionary of National Biography. 63. London. pgs. 138–139.