Middle English Bibliography Entry

Doomsday

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 3967
NIMEV 3967
DIMEV 6339
Manual 3.VII.18g
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
Cambridge, Trinity College B.14.39 (323) . (Pref. MS)
LALME: vol. 1. 65. "Various hands in similar language." LP 7721. Worcs.
LAEME: Item 246. Entry 1. LAEME treats the four scribal hands separately. Hand A (fols. 19r, 25r last 4 lines, 25v, 27r col. 2, 28r-29v, 32r-33v, 36r-46r, 47r-v, 83v-84r). E Herefords.
London, British Library, Cotton Caligula A.9 .
LAEME: Item 241. Part 2, Entry 6. "Fols. 246v-247r, Doomsday." "Text language not placed...a literatim copyist whose language reflects at least to some extent the language of his exemplar..., language 2 of The Owl and the Nightingale."
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Digby 86 .
LALME: vol. 1. 147. LP 7790. Gloucs.
LAEME: Item 2002 (207-213, 215-217, 219, 221, 223-226). "Main hand..English in one hand." Redmarley D'Abitot, NW Gloucs.
Oxford, Jesus College 29, part 2 .
LALME: vol. 1. 153. LP 7440. Herefords.
LAEME: Item 1100 (1, 9, 250-255, 145). E Herefords.
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
English Lyrics of the XIIIth Century, ed. C. Brown (1932).
Codicem Manu Scriptum Digby 86 …, ed. E. Stengel (1871).
An Old English Miscellany, ed. R. Morris, Early English Text Society, Original Series 49 (1872; reprint 1988).
An Old English Miscellany, ed. R. Morris, EETS 49 (1872; reprint 1988). (MS Jes-O 29) Opens in a new window
MED title stencils and sources:
Trin-C B.14.39
  • a1275 Doomsday (Trin-C B.14.39) English Lyrics of the XIIIth Century, ed. C. Brown (1932).42-44. Note: MS redated Nov 2017 from c1250 to a1275 after consultation with OED.
Clg A.9
  • c1275 Doomsday (Clg A.9) English Lyrics of the XIIIth Century, ed. C. Brown (1932).44-46. Note: Preferred manuscript in A-S. Dated c1250 in A-S of print MED.
Dgb 86
  • ?a1300 Doomsday (Dgb 86) Codicem Manu Scriptum Digby 86 …, ed. E. Stengel (1871).96-98(stanza 40). Note: Dated c1275 in E and F of print MED.
Jes-O 29
  • a1300 Doomsday (Jes-O 29) An Old English Miscellany, ed. R. Morris, Early English Text Society, Original Series 49 (1872; reprint 1988).odd pp. 163-169.

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