Hereford, Cathedral Library, P. v. 1 + Bodleian, E. Mus. 93 (3632)

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P. v. 1 + Bodleian, E. Mus. 93 (3632)

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General Information

Ker

121

Gnuess/Lapidge

268.2, e. mus 93 not listed

Summary

Contemporary addition in English to the margin of the Latin text of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica. Place of production not known.

Manuscript Items
  1. Item: fol. 116v

  • Title (A.32.2): Cædmon's Hymn: West Saxon Version

    Addition: (fol. 116v) Nu ƿe sceolan herian hel[o]fon rices ƿeard metudes mihte ond his mod[g]e þanc ƿeorc ƿulder fæder sƿa he ærest sceop eorðe bearnum heofon to hrofe þa middab geard moncynnes ƿeard ece drihtent efter teode fyrum onfolden frea ælmihtig halig scyppeod

    Bibliography:

    Dobbie 1937, p. 41

    Ker 1957, item 121

    O'Donnell 2005, p. 220

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Codex

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Additional Information

Administration Information

Described by Mary Swan and Owen Roberson with the assistance of Hollie Morgan and Johanna Green, with reference to published scholarship (2010; 2013).

History

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Unknown

Bibliography

Dobbie, Elliott van Kirk, The Manuscripts of Cædmon's Hymn and Bede's Death Song, with a Critical Text of the 'Epistola Cuthberti de obitu Bedae', Columbia University Studies in English and Comparative Literature, 128 (New York: Columbia University Press, 1937)

Ker, N. R., Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Anglo-Saxon (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957; repr. 1990), item 121

O'Donnell, Daniel Paul, ed., Cædmon's Hymn: A Multimedia Study, Edition and Archive (Woodbridge: Brewer, 2005)

Catalogue Entry Authored By

Mary Swan and Owen Roberson

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