The Production and Use of English Manuscripts 1060 to 1220

Mary Swan and Owen Roberson

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 23

English glosses and titles added to Latin texts

Date: s. ximed, s. xi2 or xi/xii

Summary:

Old English glosses to s. x2 texts of Prudentius’ Psychomachia and Peristephanon, and Old English translations of some of the titles of illustrations to the Psychomachia. Main texts in Latin and probably in England. Old English glosses dated by Ker 1957 to s. xi; Old English titles in three hands, dated to s. x/xi, s. ximed and s. xi2 or xi/xii. French glosses are s. xii-xiii. From Malmesbury.

Manuscript Items:

1. Item: fol. 3v

   Title (C.26.1.1.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

   Addition: (fol. 3v) Her æteoƿdon ðry englas abrahame on ðam dene ðe mambre ƿæs haten

   Text Language: English

   Bibliography:

   Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

   Zupitza 1876

2. Item: fol. 4r

   Title (C.26.1.2.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

   Addition: (fol. 4r) Her prudentius hine gebitt on namen ('on naman' was added later)

   Bibliography:

   Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

   Zupitza 1876

3. Item: fol. 4v

   Title (C.26.1.3.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

   Addition: (fol. 4v) Her se geleafa fiht ongean ða deofolgyld

   Bibliography:

   Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

   Zupitza 1876

4. Item: fol. 5v

   Title (C.26.1.4.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

   Addition: (fol. 5v) Her se geleafa æfter geƿunnenum sige geƿuldorbeagað ða mihta

   Bibliography:

   Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

   Zupitza 1876

5. Item: fol. 6r

   Title (C.26.1.5.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

   Addition: (fol. 6r) Her seo clænnys fiht ongean galnysse

   Bibliography:

   Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

   Zupitza 1876

6. Item: fol. 6v

   Title (C.26.1.6.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

   Addition: (fol. 6v) Her seo clænnys ƿyrpð þa galnysse mid stane

   Bibliography:

   Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

   Zupitza 1876

7. Item: fol. 6v

   Title (C.26.1.7.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

   Addition: (fol. 6v) Her seo clænnys ðurhðyð þa galnysse mid sƿurde

   Bibliography:

   Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

   Zupitza 1876

8. Item: fol. 7r

   Title (C.26.1.8.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

   Addition: (fol. 7r) Her seo clænnys ðreað þa adƿęscedan galnysse

   Bibliography:

   Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

   Zupitza 1876

9. Item: fol. 8r

   Title (C.26.1.9.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

   Addition: (fol. 8r) Her seo clænnys aðƿoh hyre sƿurd on ðære ea iordane

   Bibliography:

   Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

   Zupitza 1876

10. Item: fol. 8v

    Title (C.26.1.10.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 8v) Her seo clænnys behyt hyre sƿyrd on ðam temple

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

11. Item: fol. 8v

    Title (C.26.1.11.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 8v) Her þæt geðyld stent unforht betƿeonan ðara leahtra truman

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

12. Item: fol. 9r

    Title (C.26.1.12.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 9r) Her þæt yrre slihð þæt geðyld mid his spere

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

13. Item: fol. 9r

    Title (C.26.1.13.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 9r) Her þæt yrre ðreað þæt geðyld

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

14. Item: fol. 9v

    Title (C.26.1.14.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 9v) Her þæt yrre scyt his spere ongean þæt geðyld

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

15. Item: fol. 9v

    Title (C.26.1.15.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol.9v) Her synd ða ƿæpna tobrocene ðe þæt yrre scet ongean þæt geðuld

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

16. Item: fol. 10r

    Title (C.26.1.16.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 10r) Her slihð þæt yrre þæt geðuld

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

17. Item: fol. 10v

    Title (C.26.1.17.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 10v) Her ƿæs ðæs yrres sƿurd tobrocen on ðæs geðuldes heafde

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

18. Item: fol. 11r

    Title (C.26.1.18.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 11r) Her þæt yrre ofslihð hit sylf mid his sƿurde beforan ðam geðulde

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

19. Item: fol. 11r

    Title (C.26.1.19.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 11r) Her þæt geðyld ðreað þæt deade yrre

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

20. Item: fol. 11v

    Title (C.26.1.20.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 11v) Her þæt geðyld mid iobe ðam halgan ðurhferde ðara leahtra truman

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

21. Item: fol. 11v

    Title (C.26.1.21.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 11v) Her þæt geðyld sprecð to iobe

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

22. Item: fol. 12r

    Title (C.26.1.22.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 12r) Her þæt geðyld ofersƿiððum leahtrum sprecð to ðam mihton

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

23. Item: fol. 12r

    Title (C.26.1.23.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 12r) Her seo modinys rit into þæt folc on ungemidlodon horse

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

24. Item: fol. 12v

    Title (C.26.1.24.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 12v) Her seo gemodinys rit

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

25. Item: fol. 13r

    Title (C.26.1.25.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 13r) Her seo modinys on horse ðyƿð þæt folc ac seo eadmodnys 7 se hiht standað unforhte

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

26. Item: fol. 14v

    Title (C.26.1.26.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 14v) Her seo modinys ƿyle offeallan ða eadmodnysse 7 ðone hiht

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

27. Item: fol. 15r

    Title (C.26.1.27.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 15r) Her seo modinys feald on ðone seað

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

28. Item: fol. 15v

    Title (C.26.1.28.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 15v) Her seo eadmodnys gebysmrað þa licgendan modinysse

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957 pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

29. Item: fol. 16r

    Title (C.26.1.29.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 16r) Her seo modinys lið 7 se hiht byt his sƿurd ðære eadmodnysse

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

30. Item: fol. 16r

    Title (C.26.1.30.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 16r) Her seo eadmodnys heaƿð of ðære modinysse heafod

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

31. Item: fol. 16v

    Title (C.26.1.31.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 16v) her seo eadmodnys byt ðan hihte ðære modinysse heafod

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

32. Item: fol. 16v

    Title (C.26.1.32.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 16v) her se hiht ðreað þa adƿæscedan modinysse

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

33. Item: fol. 17v

    Title (C.26.1.33.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 17v) her seo eadmodnys astihð to heofonan ðam oðrum mihtum ƿundrigendum

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

34. Item: fol. 17v

    Title (C.26.1.34.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 17v) her seo galnys sit on hyre gebeorscipe

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

35. Item: fol. 18r

    Title (C.26.1.35.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 18r) her seo galnys arn to gefeohte ða heo ða byman gehyrde

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

36. Item: fol. 18v

    Title: Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 18v) her þæt folc ƿundrað hu seo galnys færð on hyre cræte

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

37. Item: fol. 18v

    Title (C.26.1.36.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 18v) her seo galnys bepæcð ða mihta mid hyre gesƿæsnyssum

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

38. Item: fol. 19r

    Title (C.26.1.37.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Incipit: (fol. 19r) her þæt folc lede his ƿæpna. 7 filide ðære galnysse

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

39. Item: fol. 19v

    Title (C.26.1.38.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Rubric (initial):

    Addition: (fol. 19v) Eal þæt gaderunge mid geƿende tacen to ðe galnesse for

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

40. Item: fol. 19v

    Title (C.26.1.39.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 19v) her sy syfernesse ðam folce mid ƿorde geðreað

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

41. Item: fol. 21r

    Title (C.26.1.40.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 21r) Her seo seofernysse bereð cristes rode ongean ðeas galnesse cræte

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

42. Item: fol. 21v

    Title (C.26.1.41.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 21v) Her seo syfernesse ƿerpð ða galnesse mid stane

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

43. Item: fol. 24v

    Title (C.26.1.42.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 24v) Her seo galnese tytrode hir cyn on hire sylfre

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

44. Item: fol. 29r

    Title (C.26.1.43.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 29r) Her se iytsere

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

45. Item: fol. 33v

    Title (C.26.1.44.EM): Translation of Latin title to an illustration

    Addition: (fol. 33v) Her hi guf

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

46. Item: fol. 19r

    Title (C.94.3.1.EM): Gloss to Prudentius, Psychomachia

    Addition: (fol. 19r) forspanende glossing Latin illex

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

47. Item: fol. 19r

    Title (C.94.3.2.EM): Gloss to Prudentius, Psychomachia

    Addition: (fol. 19r) space (glossing Latin radiorum)

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Meritt 1945 no. 25

48. Item: fol. 34r

    Title (C.94.3.3.EM): Gloss to Prudentius, Psychomachia

    Addition: (fol. 34r) ƿifreð (glossing Latin uibrat)

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Meritt 1945 no. 25

49. Item: fol. 34r

    Title (C.94.3.4.EM): Gloss to Prudentius, Psychomachia

    Addition: (fol. 34r) of ylpebane (glossing Latin ex eburna)

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

50. Item: fol. 38v

    Title (C.94.3.5.EM): Gloss to Prudentius, Psychomachia

    Rubric (initial):

    Addition: (fol. 38v) holod (glossing Latin dolatu)

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Meritt 1945 no. 25

51. Item: fol. 43r

    Title (C.94.3.6.EM): Gloss to Prudentius, Psychomachia

    Addition: (fol. 43r) gyre (glossing Latin toge)

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Meritt 1945 no. 25

52. Item: fol. 43v

    Title (C.94.3.7.EM): Gloss to Prudentius, Psychomachia

    Addition: (fol. 43v) stif (glossing Latin rigens)

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, pp. 42-43

    Zupitza 1876

53. Item: fols 32v, 33r, 34r and 39v

    Title: French glosses

    Text Language: French

    Date: s. xii-xiii

    Bibliography:

    Ker 1957, p. 43

    Hunt 1991

Administration Information:

Manuscript described by Mary Swan and Owen Roberson with the assistance of Sanne Van Der Schee, with reference to published scholarship (2010; 2013). Thanks to Joselyn Wogan Browne for her suggestions regarding this manuscript.

Bibliography:

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and Stanford University, Parker Library on the Web (http://parkerweb.stanford.edu/parker/; accessed in 2010)

Hunt, Tony, Teaching and Learning Latin in Thirteenth-Century England: Volume 1, Texts; Volume 2, Glosses; Volume 3, Indexes (Cambridge: Brewer, 1991)

Ker, N. R., Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Anglo-Saxon (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957; repr. 1990), item 31

Meritt, Herbert Dean, Old English Glosses, The Modern Language Association of America, General Series, xvi (New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1945)

Zupitza, Julius, 'Englisches aus Prudentiushandschriften', Zeitschrift für deutsches Alterthum, 20 (1876), 36-45