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The Ship of Fools (1509) Woodcut Frontispiece from Alexander Barclay's "Lyfe of Seynt George " Westminster 1515 Dr Alexander Barclay (c. 1476 – 10 June 1552) was a poet and clergyman of the Church of England , probably born in Scotland .
Alexander Barclay, The Shyp of Folys of the Worlde, [3] also known as The Ship of Fools, translated mostly from Latin and French versions of the satire Narrenschiff, also known as Stultifera Navis ("Ship of Fools") 1494 by Sebastian Brandt (see also Henry Watson version published this year); [1] London: Wynkyn de Worde [2] Stephen Hawes:
The debate still continues about whether Ship of Fools is itself a humanist work or just a remnant of medieval sensibilities. [6] The book was translated into Latin by Jakob Locher in 1497, [7] [1] into French by Pierre Rivière in 1497 and by Jean Drouyn [d] in 1498, into English by Alexander Barclay and by Henry Watson [d] in 1509.
English: Woodcut image from the Shyp Of Foles Of The Worlde, an English translation by Alexander Barclay of Das Narrenschiff by Sebastian Brant. Most of the images in the 1509 Ship of Fools are original to the 1494 Das Narrenschiff. This image is attributed to Albrecht Dürer.
English: Woodcut image from the Shyp Of Foles Of The Worlde, an English translation by Alexander Barclay of Das Narrenschiff by Sebastian Brant. Most of the images in the 1509 Ship of Fools are original to the 1494 Das Narrenschiff. This image is attributed to Albrecht Dürer.
English: Woodcut image from the Shyp Of Foles Of The Worlde, an English translation by Alexander Barclay of Das Narrenschiff by Sebastian Brant. Most of the images in the 1509 Ship of Fools are original to the 1494 Das Narrenschiff. This image is attributed to Albrecht Dürer.
English: Woodcut image from the Shyp Of Foles Of The Worlde, an English translation by Alexander Barclay of Das Narrenschiff by Sebastian Brant. Most of the images in the 1509 Ship of Fools are original to the 1494 Das Narrenschiff. This image is attributed to Albrecht Dürer.
English: Woodcut image from the Shyp Of Foles Of The Worlde, an English translation by Alexander Barclay of Das Narrenschiff by Sebastian Brant. Most of the images in the 1509 Ship of Fools are original to the 1494 Das Narrenschiff. This image is attributed to Albrecht Dürer.