London, British Library, Egerton 2810
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London |
British Library |
Egerton 2810 |
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Scribe 1 (ff. 1r-87v (except ff. 46 and 60), 100v-161v): Scribal dialect: Gloucestershire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 371 176, LP 7020 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 4, p. 196). The other hands are later: Scribe 2 (ff. 46r-v, 60r-v): Scribal Dialect: Cheshire or S. Lancs. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: none given, LP none given (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 109). Scribe 3: Scribal Dialect: Gloucestershire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 408 229, LP 7110 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 4, p. 196). Scribe 4 (f. 99v): Scribal Dialect: 'possibly of N. Lancs' (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin, 1986, vol. 1, p. 109). Scribe 5 (f. 163v-164r), Scribe 6 (f. 170r-170v), and Scribe 7 (ff. 170v-170v): Scribal dialect: Cheshire (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 109). Scribe 8 (ff. 180v-181r): Scribal dialect: Lancashire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 393 416, LP 495.
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A late fourteenth-century copy of the
South English Legendary (Görlach 1974, p. 91). The main text has a Gloucestershire scribal dialect whilst texts added at later dates are in dialects of Gloucestershire, Cheshire, and southern and northern Lancashire.
Item: 1f. 3v |
South English Legendary: Table of Contents |
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Item: 2f. 4r |
South English Legendary: Feast of the Circumcision (IMEV 4266) |
'This day şe holi feste'. |
'of men şer buş wyse'. |
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Item: 3f. 4r |
South English Legendary: Epiphany (IMEV 3813) |
'Twelşe day ye heye feste nobliche is to holde'. |
'Şis wur myraclis of oure lourd şulke day were y do'. |
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Item: 4ff. 4r-5r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Hilary (IMEV 2912) |
'Seynt hillari şe holi man of aquitayne was'. |
'Nou god for şe loue of hym ous brynge şedir echon. Amen'. |
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Item: 5ff. 5r-7v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Wulstan (IMEV 3068) |
'Seynt wolston şe busschop of wyrecestre was here in engelond'. |
'Nou good lyue şat we mote wişe him in şe ioye of heuene be. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, 70-77.
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Item: 6ff. 7v-8r |
South English Legendary: Lives of Saints Fabian and Sebastian (IMEV 2895) |
'Seynt fabian bi? olde dawe god man was ayno?'. |
'Nou lord vor şine vif wondes let ous şudir wende. Amen'. |
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Item: 7ff. 8r-9r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Bastian (Sebastian) (Not listed in IMEV) |
'Seynt bastian was a man of wel gret honour'. |
'Nou god vs bringe to heuene şudir ys soule wende. Amen'. |
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Item: 8ff. 9r-11r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Agnes (IMEV 2850) |
'Seynt Anneis şat holi maide'. |
'Nou god ous bring to şulke rode şer ?eo is. Amen'. |
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Item: 9ff. 11r-13v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Vincent (IMEV 3067) |
'Seynt vincent in spayne was'. |
'Şat we mote to heuene come & vor?eue our misdede. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 184-189.
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Item: 10f. 13v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Julian the Confessor (IMEV 2949 ) |
'Seynt iulian şe confessur ybore was at rome'. |
'Nou vor şe loue of hym god ous alle şidir sende. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 255-256.
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Item: 11ff. 14r-15v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Julian the Hosteler (IMEV 2950 ) |
'Seynt iulian şe herbiger of gode'. |
'And bringe ous to şilke ioye şat he şerinne is. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 256-260.
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Item: 12ff. 15v-18v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Bridget (IMEV 2872) |
'Seynt bryde şat holy mayde of yrlonde was'. |
'God ous let alle vorş wiş hire to şe ioye of heuene wende. Amen'. |
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Item: 13ff. 18v-21r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Blase (IMEV 2866) |
'Seynt blas wel clene lif ladde'. |
'Şat seynt blas is inne ybro?t şat we şerof ne mysse. Amen'. |
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Item: 14ff. 21r-22v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Agatha (IMEV 2839) |
'Seint agace şat hooly maide in cisile was ylore'. |
'Şat we to şe ioye of heuene wiş hire come mote. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 193-7.
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Item: 15ff. 22v-23v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Scholastica (IMEV 3052 ) |
'Seynt scolace şat holy mayde holy was of hue'. |
'Yburid atte oure ende day & to heuene fle. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 197-199.
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Item: 16ff. 23v-24r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Valentine (IMEV 3066) |
'Seynt valentyne şe martir godman was yno?'. |
'Nou god vor şe loue of hym ous brynge to şilke place. Amen'. |
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Item: 17ff. 24r-26v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Juliana (IMEV 2951) |
'Seynt iuliana com of heye men as we vindiş iwrote'. |
'Graunte ous vor hire loue of şe pyne of helle be scher. Amen'. |
Cf. Cockayne 1872, pp. 81-87.
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Item: 18f. 26v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Matthias (IMEV 3026) |
'Seynt mathi apostil is as ?e sschulliş alle y wete'. |
'Şat wanne we hyeome wendeş come to heuene blisse. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 389-390.
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Item: 19ff. 27r-29v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Oswald the Bishop (IMEV 3035) |
'Seynt oswolde şe busschop was ybore in engelonde'. |
'Nou god ous grant şilke ioye şat he is inne ybro?t'. |
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Item: 20ff. 29v-30v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Gregory (IMEV 2910 ) |
'Seynt gregori şe confessour in cisil was ybore'. |
'Şat he to vore oure lourd crist oure noede vndirstonde'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 355-359.
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Item: 21ff. 30v-39r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Patrick (IMEV 3037) |
'Seynt patric com şor? godis grace to prechi in yrlonde'. |
'Şat we in purgatorie bileue hite stounde'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1875, pp. 151-210.
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Item: 22ff. 39v-42v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Edward the Elder (IMEV 2889 ) |
'Seynt edward şe yonge martir was kinge of engelonde'. |
'To şe ioye of heuene ous bringe & fram helle şat we beskere. Amen'. |
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Item: 23ff. 42v-43v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Cuthbert (IMEV 2880) |
'Seynt cuthbert was ybore here in engelonde'. |
'And şor? şe bone of sent cuthbert bringe ous alle şerto. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 359-362.
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Item: 24ff. 43v-45v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Benedict (IMEV 2860) |
'Seint benet was ybore in şe londe of mursie'. |
'To şe ioie şat he is inne şat lestiş wyşoute ende. Amen'. |
Life of St. Benedict (with an additional passage on an inserted leaf in a different hand). |
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Item: 25ff. 45v-46v |
South English Legendary: Feast of the Annunciation (IMEV 2989 ) |
'Seint marie day in lente amonge oşer dawes gode'. |
'Şat we mote come to şilke ioye şat he is to ibro?te. Amen'. |
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Item: 26ff. 47r-50v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Mary of Egypt (IMEV 2990 ) |
'Seynt marie egiptiake in egipte was ybore'. |
'Bring vs to şe ioye of heuene & of helle be were. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 260-271.
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Item: 27ff. 50v-53r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Alphege (IMEV 2844) |
'Seint alfe şe martir şat godman wa? yno?'. |
'Şat we mote şor? is bone to heuene blisse wende. Amen'. |
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Item: 28ff. 53r-54r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. George (IMEV 2905) |
'Seint george şe holiman as we vindeş ywrite'. |
'Nou god vor şe loue of him ous lette alle şudir wende. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 294-296.
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Item: 29ff. 54r-55r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Mark (IMEV 3004) |
'Seint marke şe godspellare wide wende alonde'. |
'Holi churche hast eche?er a seint mark is day'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 362-363.
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Item: 30ff. 55r-56r |
South English Legendary: Lives of Saints Philip and James (IMEV 3048 ) |
'Seint philippe & seint jacob were apostlis tweuo'. |
'Şat oure soule şor? hore bene bone to heuene mote go. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 364-366.
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Item: 31ff. 56r-58r |
South English Legendary: Early History of the Cross (IMEV 338) |
'Şe holi rode şat swete tre god is to havve'. |
'And toke is elene şe god quene şo be to hire com'. |
Verses 1-4, 185-204 only. Repeated in full as item 78. |
Morris 1871, pp. 18-35.
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Item: 32ff. 58r-59v |
South English Legendary: Exaltation of the Holy Cross (IMEV 3388) |
'Şe holi rode şat was yfounde as ?e writiş in may'. |
'Helde şorw şe swete grace on şe rode was ydo'. |
Morris 1871, pp. 48-57.
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Item: 33ff. 59v-63r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Dunstan (IMEV 2884) |
'Seint dunstan was of engelonde y come of gode more'. |
'Bringe ous to şe ioye of heuene şe angelus şine soule bere. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 19-24
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Item: 34ff. 63r-64r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Aldhelm (IMEV 2843) |
'Seint aldelme şe confessour was man of noble hue'. |
'Şat we mote to şe ioye come şat he is in ydo. Amen'. |
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Item: 35ff. 64v-65v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Augustine (IMEV 2854) |
'Seint austin şat cristindom bro?te to engelonde'. |
'Şat we to şe ioie come to wan oure lourd him bo?te'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 24-25.
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Item: 36ff. 65v-66v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Barnabas (IMEV 2856) |
'Seint barnabe şe apostil şat godman was & hende'. |
'Vor loue of seint barnabus şat he ous to heuene bringe. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 26-29.
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Item: 37ff. 67r-68r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Alban (IMEV 2842) |
'Seint albon şe holi man was here of engelonde'. |
'Şat we mote to şe ioye come şat euere sschal ylaste. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 67-70.
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Item: 38ff. 68r-69v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. John the Baptist (IMEV 2945 ) |
'Seint iohn was şe beste bern şe holie baptist'. |
'Lete ous şor? oure cristindom in şe ioie of heuene come. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 29-33.
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Item: 39ff. 69v-75v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Peter (IMEV 3046) |
'Seint petir was wiş oure lourd of alle is apostlis hexte'. |
'Grante ous şudir to come to şulke vaire place. Amen'. |
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Item: 40ff. 76r-79v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Paul (IMEV 3041) |
'Seint poul was a luşer man ar he conuerted were'. |
'Bring vs to şe ioie of heuene after şat we buş ded. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 189-192.
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Item: 41ff. 79v-83v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Margaret (IMEV 2987) |
'Seint margarete was holi maide & god'. |
'Bide for ve şat we mote to şe ioye of heuene wende. Amen'. |
Cockayne 1866, pp. 24-33.
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Item: 42ff. 83v-88r |
South English Legendary: Life St. Mary Magdalene (IMEV 2994) |
'Seinte marie maudeleyne şat god for?af hir synne'. |
'Vor alle hir comeş of şe water breş şat sonne draweş up iwis'. |
Last ten verses missing. |
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Item: 43ff. 88r-90r |
South English Legendary: Legend of St. Michael III/The Right Pit of Hell (IMEV 3453) |
'Nou is şere water here anerşe wel more şan of londe'. |
'Şat seint michel is mot among & into heuene lede. Amen'. |
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Item: 44ff. 90r-91v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Luke (IMEV 2973) |
'Seint luc şe ewangelist non apostel nas'. |
'Şat hii bringe vs toward heuene in şe ri?t weie. Amen'. |
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Item: 45ff. 91v-94r |
South English Legendary: Lives of Saints Simon and Jude (IMEV 3055 ) |
'Seynt symoun & seynt iude tueye breşeren wer'. |
'Ended hor lif in martirdom & to heuene wende beşe'. |
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Item: 46ff. 94r-99r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Teilo (IMEV 3061) |
'Seynt teliou şe byssop şat was of moche pris'. |
'Şat we mou alle come to şe blis wişout eiende. Amen'. |
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Item: 47f. 99r |
Prose legend of St. Winifred |
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Fifteenth-century addition. |
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Item: 48f. 99v |
Legend of Our Lady |
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for-century addition. |
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Item: 49f. 100r-v |
South English Legendary: All Saints' Day (IMEV 184) |
'Alle halwin dau we holdiş one time of şe ?ere'. |
'Nou bidde we alle halwine to holde hore fest so Şat hii bringe ous to şulke ioye şat hii brişinne ido'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 418-420.
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Item: 50ff. 100v-103v |
South English Legendary: All Souls' Day (IMEV 201) |
'Alle soule dai an erşe ri?t is to holde heie'. |
'Of oure soule haue merci & bringe ous to heuene blis. Amen'. |
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Item: 51ff. 103v-106r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Eustace (IMEV 2894) |
'Seint eustas a noble kin?t [sic] of heşene lawe was'. |
'Şe ioie şat hii buş my bro?t ne let ous neuere misse. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 393-402.
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Item: 52ff. 106r-107v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Leonard (IMEV 2959) |
'Seint leonarde şe confessour atte londene ?eode here'. |
'Nou god sschulde ous vor şe loue of seint leonard fram şe prisone of helle'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 456-462.
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Item: 53ff. 107v-109v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Martin (IMEV 3005) |
'Seint martin was ybore in şe londe of sabarie'. |
'Nou godus ?eue of şulke ioye şat is soule is in ydo'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 449-456
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Item: 54f. 110r-v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Brice (IMEV 2870) |
'Seint brice wiş seint martin was his dekene an erşe here'. |
'Graunte ous to be vor is loue of şine of helle skere. Amen'. |
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Item: 55ff. 110v-114r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Edmund the Bishop(IMEV 2886) |
'Seint edmunde şe confessour şat liş at pounteneie'. |
'Nou god ous bringe to şulke ioye şat is soule wende to. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 431-449.
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Item: 56f. 114r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Edmund the King (IMEV 2887 ) |
'Seint edmunde şe holi kinge of wanne men makeş feste'. |
'Grant ous şe ioie şat he is inne after oure endinge. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 296-299.
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Item: 57ff. 114v-116r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Cecilia (IMEV 2873) |
'Seint cecilie of noble kiine ybore was at rome'. |
'To bringe ous to şulke ioie şat hire soule is to ycom'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 490-496.
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Item: 58ff. 116v-120r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Clement (IMEV 2875) |
'Seint clement was be holde tyme borne at rome'. |
'God ?eue ous part of şulke ioie şat is soule is inne. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 322-340.
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Item: 59ff. 120r-122v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Katherine of Alexandria (IMEV 2954) |
'Seint katerine of noble kuinne com bi holde dawe'. |
'& sschulde ous fram helle pine. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 92-101.
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Item: 60ff. 122v-123r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Jacques (IMEV 2916) |
'Seint iakes in şe londe of pers of heie men com'. |
'Bringe ous to şulke ioie şe angeles is soule ladde. Amen'. |
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Item: 61ff. 123r-125r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Andrew (IMEV 2848) |
'Seint andreu şe apostel was seint petiris broşer'. |
'And bidde uor ous şat we mote come to heuene blisse. Amen'. |
Cf. Furnivall 1862, pp. 98-101.
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Item: 62ff. 125r-131v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Nicholas (IMEV 3033) |
'Seint nicholas şe holi man şat god confessour was'. |
'Sschulde ous fram şe pine of helle & deşliche sinne also. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 240-255.
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Item: 63ff. 131v-134r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Lucy (IMEV 2961) |
'Seint lucie şat holi maide in cecile was ybore'. |
'Nou god vor şe loue of hire ous lete alle şidur wende. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 101-106.
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Item: 64ff. 134r-138v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Thomas (IMEV 3063) |
'Seint thomas şe gode apostel ymartrid was in ynde'. |
'Bring ous to heuene to wan we were ybo?te. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 376-389.
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Item: 65ff. 138v-140r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Stephen (IMEV 3059) |
'Seint steuene was a giew & of giwes he come'. |
'Nou god vor şe loue of him ous sschulde fram helle pine. Amen'. |
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Item: 66ff. 140r-163v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. John the Evangelist (IMEV 2932 ) |
'Seint iohn şe evangeliste şat apostil also is'. |
'al hor lif al hit was hor ysene'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 402-417.
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Item: 67ff. 163v-164r |
South English Legendary: The Translation of St. Thomas of Canterbury (IMEV 3064) |
'Saynt thomas şis holy mon in şe erth lay'. |
'We may thrugh his mercy in heuene fill a place. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 175-177.
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Item: 68ff. 164v-170v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Silvester (IMEV 3053) |
'Seint siluestre şe bissop in is ?onge childe hede'. |
'Swete ihesus fore hir loue bring vs to şi blisse. Amen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 391-392.
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Item: 69ff. 171r-177r |
South English Legendary: The Feast of Midwinter's Day (IMEV 3336) |
'Şe feste of midewinteris dai is of muche pris'. |
'Of wan ?e desireş so much to wite of to kninge'. |
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Item: 70ff. 173r-174v |
South English Legendary: The Feast of the Ascension (IMEV 3335) |
'Şe feste of holi şursdea is boşe noble & riche'. |
'Şat we mote to him come in to heuene & here'. |
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Item: 71ff. 174v-176r |
South English Legendary: The Feast of Pentecost (IMEV 3338) |
'şe feste of witsuneday swişe gode is to holde'. |
'Şat in şe boc of liue all names mote be write'. |
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Item: 72f. 176r |
South English Legendary: The Feast of the Trinity (IMEV 3337 ) |
'Şe feste of şe trinite of gret honour hit is'. |
'Şat we mote şur? ri?t bileue com to heuene blis. Amen'. |
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Item: 73ff. 176v-179v |
South English Legendary: The High Feast of God's Blood (IMEV 3380 ) |
'Şe he?e feste of godus blode şat late was i funde'. |
'Şat we mowe şe şor? be ssilde vram pine and vram wo amen'. |
F. 180r holds a later text in the top quarter of the folio only. |
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Item: 74ff. 181r-182r |
South English Legendary: Moveable Feasts/Septuagesima (IMEV 791) |
'Septuagesime is ycliped wan'. |
'& a?em şe time of leynte repenty vr misdede'. |
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Item: 75ff. 182r-184v |
South English Legendary: Lent (IMEV 1859) |
'Leynt comiş şere aftur ward şat'. |
'Şat a swet mossel ylast'. |
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Item: 76ff. 184v-185r |
South English Legendary: Easter (IMEV 3384 ) |
'Şe holi feste of ester comeş after leynt anon'. |
'Şervor we wolleş telle of hor in şe byginning of may'. |
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Item: 77f. 185r-v |
South English Legendary: South English Legendary: Litany (IMEV 1911) |
'Latanie is a song as ?e mowe ofte yse'. |
'Vor to sette is here eke şere it nere no?t wel ydo'. |
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Item: 78ff. 185v-187v |
South English Legendary: Early History of the Cross (IMEV 3389) |
'Şe holi rode is swete tre ri?t it is to hawe in minde'. |
'Şat tre flet[uncertain]ng by cas'. |
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Codex |
Parchment |
230 x 160 mm |
Unable to ascertain.
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Pricking where seen, small horizontal slits. Writing space of 180 x 110 mm. Single columns with c. 40 lines. Frame and lines ruled in drypoint. |
Scribe 1 - major - ff. 4r-161 - Anglicana.
Scribe 2 - ff. 88v-99r, 162-88 - Anglicana Formata.
Scribe 3 - f. 99r - fifteenth-century hand has added a prose legend of St. Wilfrid.
Scribe 4 - f. 99v - fifteenth-century hand has added a legend of Our Lady and on ff. 108v-181v a poem entitled 'De terminibus usure'.
Scribe 5 - ff. 179v, 180r - prose legend of birth of Judas Iscariot added in a fifteenth-century hand.
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Three-line bright orange/dark pink initials.
One-line bright orange/dark pink paraphs.
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Not contemporary, 19th century. Size: 240 x 160 mm. Covered in reddish brown leather, mitred and pasted onto pasteboard with half-moon shapes cut into the board at middle of top, lower, and fore edge, corners also cut. Outer edges of circle have blind tooled sun rays. Centre - diamond shape with urn stamped in middle. Three raised bands in middle and one at end across the spine.
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ff. 188 with fifteenth-century additions, iv paper flyleaves at front, iv paper flyleaves at back. |
Later additions: ff. 179v-180r - a Latin prose legend of the birth of Judas Iscariot; ff. 180v-181v a text on usury beginning 'Okure yrow crafte of okerre'; and on f. 182v a text beginning, 'Almyghty god şat alle hase wroghte' and ending '...he come to erthe agayne'. |
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Görlach notes that the manuscript appears to have moved from Gloucestershire to Cheshire and then to Lancashire as evidenced by the 'successive contributions in different dialects' (Görlach 1974, p. 91). The coat of arms of George Allan of Darlington (b. 1736) is on the inner board. Nineteenth Century: Richard Heber (sale-catalogue 1836, lot 1089). On the last page is written ' dwellyng in weston in ye parache of Mogynton' (Muggington, Derbys). |
Catalogued and encoded: Rebecca Farnham, University of Birmingham, August 2003.
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The manuscript is of the same group as London, British Library, MS Harley 2277, London, British Library, MS Egerton 1993, and London, British Library, MS Stowe 949 etc. (Horstmann 1887).
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- Horstmann, C., ed, 1887. The Early South English Legendary or Lives of Saints, EETS, os, 87, London: Trübner.
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- Morris, R., ed, 1871. Legends of the Holy Rood; Symbols of the Passion and Cross Poems In Old English of the Eleventh, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries, EETS, os, 46, London: Trübner.