Juliana Berners

Juliana Berners (* 1400, † after 1460 ) was an English writer.

Juliana Berners was one of the earliest writers of England, according unclear tradition daughter of Sir James Berners, who initially was the favorite in the reign of Richard II, but then in 1388 was beheaded, and prioress of the monastery in St. Albans Sopwell; she died after 1460th

She loved hunting, especially hawking, fishing and heraldry, and wrote on these subjects partly in verse which is now in its first edition extremely rare work, The bokys of Hawkyng and Huntyng and therefore of Cootarmuris (St. Albans in 1486, gothic with woodcuts ), which is known only in two complete specimens, one of the rubies for the British bibliophile.

In the later editions of the written order 1441 book on heraldry has been added. The latest edition (London 1811) is a rarity, as only 150 copies were printed.