London, British Library, Harley 107
107
General Information
227
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Ælfric's Grammar and Glossary. Incomplete, probably due to two missing quires. Written by two hands, ximed, Ker notes that the manuscript is 'possibly Kentish' (1957, p. 303).
Digital Surrogate
https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=754…
- Item: fols 1r-69v
Title (B.1.9.1): Ælfric's Grammar
Incipit: (fol. 1r) Ic ælfric ƿolde þas lytlan boc aƿendan to engliscum gereorde | of ðam stærcræfte þe is gehaten gramatica syþþan ic ða tƿa bec | aƿende on hundeahtatigumspellum. forðdan þe cræft ys || seo cæg ðe þæra boca angyt unlecð (the Old English preface is preceded by a Latin preface)
Explicit: ( fol. 69v) on ealdum da | gum ˥ us dyrne ƿæron. SiG þeos boc þus her GEÆndod
Text Language: English and Latin
Bibliography:
Ker 1957, p. 303
- Item: fol. 69v
Title (B.1.9.1.1.EM): Ælfric's Grammar : [coda]
Rubric (initial): (fol. 69v) DE NUMERO
Incipit: (fol. 69v) On læden sprece siond mænig | fealde getæl
Explicit: ( fol. 69v) fif | penegas gemaciaþ ænne scylling ˥ þritti penega gema | ciaþ ænne mancus
Text Language: English and Latin
Bibliography:
Ker 1957, p. 303
- Item: fols 69v-71v
Title (B.1.9.2): Ælfric's Glossary
Rubric (initial): (fol. 69v) INCIPIUNT NOMINA MULTARUM | RERVM ANGLICE MONICA
Incipit: (fol. 69v ) Deus omnipotens. þæt is | god aelmihtig. se ƿær æfre unbegunnen. ˥ æfre unge | ændod
Explicit: (fol. 71v) Ƿe ne magon | sƿa þeah ealle naman aƿritan. ne furþon geþæncan.
Text Language: English and Latin
Note: The gramatical dialogue in Latin follows in fols 71v-72v.
Bibliography:
Ker 1957, p. 303
- Item: fol. 72v
Title (B.27.4.14.EM): Additions
Incipit: (fol. 72v) (beginning of incipit illegible) s regnat. Crist rixað.
Explicit: ( fol. 72v) Crist casere. Imperator. Casere.
Text Language: English and Latin
Bibliography:
Ker 1957, p. 303
- Item: fol. 72v
Title (D.15): Latin-Old English Glossary [Birds and Fish]
Rubric (initial): (fol. 72v) DE NO | MINA UOLUCRI
Incipit (Latin): ( fol. 72v ) (beginning of incipit illegible) ipus. ioƿ
Explicit (Latin): ( fol. 72v ) Sulio styria (ending imperfect)
Text Language: English and Latin
Bibliography:
Ker 1957, p. 303
Object Description
Form Codex
Hand Description
Additional Information
Described by Owen Roberson with the assistance of Sanne van der Schee, with reference to published scholarship.
Digital surrogate: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7544&CollID=8&NStart=107 (accessed 18 July 2018)
History
Kent
Doane, Alger Nicolaus, Sarah Larratt Keefer, and David Rollason, Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts in Microfiche Facsimile, Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Tempe, AZ: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2007), vol. 14: Manuscripts of Durham, Ripon, and York
Ker, N. R., Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Anglo-Saxon (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957; repr. 1990), item 227
Owen Roberson