Middle English Bibliography Entry

Earth Upon Earth (1)

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 703, 3939
NIMEV 703, 3939
DIMEV 1167, 6292
Manual 9.XXII.263
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
London, British Library, Harley 913 . (Pref. MS)
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Advocates 18.7.21 .
LALME: vol. 1. 88. LP 4041. Norfolk.
London, British Library, Harley 2253 .
LALME: vol. 1. 111. LP 9260. Herefords.
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
The Middle English Poem Erthe Upon Erthe, ed. H. M. R. Murray, Early English Text Society, Original Series 141 (1911; reprint 1964).
Poems from BL MS Harley 913 'The Kildare Manuscript," ed. T. Turville-Petre, Early English Text Society, Original Series 345 (2015).
E. Wilson, A Descriptive Index of the English Lyrics in John of Grimestone's Preaching Book, Medium Ævum Monographs n.s. 2 (1973; reprint 1977).
MED title stencils and sources:
Hrl 913
  • ?c1335 Earth(1) (Hrl 913) The Middle English Poem Erthe Upon Erthe, ed. H. M. R. Murray, Early English Text Society, Original Series 141 (1911; reprint 1964).1-4. Note: MS date changed from ?a1325 to ?c1335 June 2019 in coordination with OED, based on the views of A. M. Lucas (Anglo-Irish Poems of the Middle Ages (1995), p.19) and T. Turville-Petre (EETS 345, p. xxi): "a date for the manuscript during the 1330s would fit [the] facts, though given the variability of hand and layout, it is probable that the manuscript was compiled over quite a long period."
  • ?c1335 Earth(1) (Hrl 913:Turville-Petre) Poems from BL MS Harley 913 'The Kildare Manuscript," ed. T. Turville-Petre, Early English Text Society, Original Series 345 (2015).88-90. Note: MS date changed from ?a1325 to ?c1335 June 2019 in coordination with OED, based on the views of A. M. Lucas (Anglo-Irish Poems of the Middle Ages (1995), p.19) and T. Turville-Petre (EETS 345, p. xxi): "a date for the manuscript during the 1330s would fit [the] facts, though given the variability of hand and layout, it is probable that the manuscript was compiled over quite a long period."
Adv 18.7.21
  • 1372 Earth(1) (Adv 18.7.21) E. Wilson, A Descriptive Index of the English Lyrics in John of Grimestone's Preaching Book, Medium Ævum Monographs n.s. 2 (1973; reprint 1977).27.
Hrl 2253
  • a1350 Earth(1) (Hrl 2253) The Middle English Poem Erthe Upon Erthe, ed. H. M. R. Murray, Early English Text Society, Original Series 141 (1911; reprint 1964).1(lines 1-4). Note: Dated a1325 in A-L of print MED. MS redated Nov 2017 from c1325 to a1350 after consultation with OED.

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