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Harley MS 978, ff 75r-117v
- Record Id:
- 041-002207883
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002046807
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001788.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 978, ff 75r-117v
- Title:
- Literary miscellany
- Scope & Content:
- Literary miscellany in verse and prose including:
- Goliardic verses including poems by Walter Map (ff. 75r-107r); Rubric (f. 75r): 'Apocalipsis Golye episcopi', incipit: 'A tauro torrida lampada cynthis?', explicit: 'Tu autem domine miserere crawe. Amen'. The verses include H. Walther, Initia carminum ac versuum Medii Aevi posterioris Latinorum (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1969), nos. 91, 627, 11395, 18404, 11427, 18302, and a text of the Doctrinal Sauvage. See also Dean and Boulton 1999, nos. 209, 244.
- Song of Lewes or Song of the Barons (ff. 107r-114r); Incipit: 'Calamus velociter scribe sit scribentis / Lingua laudabiliter te benedicentis', explicit: 'Immo si sic facerent essent insensati'.
- A legend of Becket's parents (ff. 114v-116r); Rubric: 'De coniugo patris / ac matris beati / thome martiris', incipit: 'Nunc autem ut / paulo altius sermo/nem historie repetamus', explicit: 'et cunctorum in ocu/lis intuentium graciosum'. Followed by the beginning of its translation in Anglo-Norman, rubric (f. 116r): 'Ci comence coment Gilebert beket / le pere seint thomas espusa sa fem/me la mere seint thomas le martir', incipit: '[G]jleber beket, burgeis de lun/dres se croisa en la tere seinte / pur penance fere' (5 lines). See Dean and Boulton 1999, no. 511.
- Dialogue on falconry in verse, excerpt (ff. 116v-117r); Incipit: 'Bel uncle cher io le sai par veir ke en / bon oisel ad riche avoir', explicit: 'Coment io doi apercervir'. See Dean and Boulton 1999, no. 402.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
Harley Science Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002046807
041-002207883 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 978 : Collection of poems including fables and musical, calendrical, and medical texts
Harley MS 978, ff 75r-117v : Literary miscellany - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[0978]/040-002046807[0008]/041-002207883
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 43 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_978 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1250
- End Date:
- 1274
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 13th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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