Middle English Bibliography Entry

Glosses on the text and commentary of De Nominibus Utensilium by Alexander Neckam (Nequam)

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External References:
Manual 10.XXV.549
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Advocates 18.4.13 .
Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Lat.Fol.607 .
Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College 136 .
Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College 385 .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Digby 37 .
Dublin, Trinity College 270 .
London, British Library, Harley 683 .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud Misc. 497 .
Lincoln, Cathedral Library 132 .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson G.99 .
Cambridge, St. John's College 178 .
London, British Library, Cotton Titus D.20 .
Cambridge, Trinity College O.7.9 .
London, Wellcome Historical Medical Library 801A .
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
T. Hunt, Teaching and Learning Latin in Thirteenth-Century England, vol.2 (1991).
T. Hunt, "Gloses en Langue Vulgaire dans les Manuscrits du De Nominibus Utensilium d'Alexandre Nequam," Revue de Linguistique Romane 43 (1979).
A Volume of Vocabularies, ed. T. Wright (1857).
MED title stencils and sources:
Adv 18.4.13
  • ?c1250 Gloss.Neckam in Hunt Teaching (Adv 18.4.13) T. Hunt, Teaching and Learning Latin in Thirteenth-Century England, vol.2 (1991).85-86.
Berlin lat.fol.607
  • ?c1350 Gloss.Neckam in Hunt Teaching (Berlin lat.fol.607) T. Hunt, Teaching and Learning Latin in Thirteenth-Century England, vol.2 (1991).108-9. Note: "The scribe frequently did not understand what he was copying and garbled both text and glosses" -- Hunt, 108-9, note 380.
Cai 136
  • c1275 Gloss.Neckam in Hunt Teaching (Cai 136) T. Hunt, Teaching and Learning Latin in Thirteenth-Century England, vol.2 (1991).Passages marked 'C' on pp. 65-81 and and 82.
Cai 385
  • c1275 Gloss.Neckam in Hunt Teaching (Cai 385) T. Hunt, Teaching and Learning Latin in Thirteenth-Century England, vol.2 (1991).81-82.
Dgb 37
  • c1225 Gloss Neckam in Hunt Gloses(2) (Dgb 37) T. Hunt, "Gloses en Langue Vulgaire dans les Manuscrits du De Nominibus Utensilium d'Alexandre Nequam," Revue de Linguistique Romane 43 (1979).Readings marked 'D' on pp. 239-256.
  • ?c1400 Gloss Neckam in Hunt Gloses(2) (Dgb 37) T. Hunt, "Gloses en Langue Vulgaire dans les Manuscrits du De Nominibus Utensilium d'Alexandre Nequam," Revue de Linguistique Romane 43 (1979).256-258. Note: "Gloses qui ont été ajoutées par diverses mains pendant le XIVe et le XVe siècle."
Dub 270
  • c1300 Gloss.Neckam in Hunt Teaching (Dub 270) T. Hunt, Teaching and Learning Latin in Thirteenth-Century England, vol.2 (1991).Passages marked 'D' on pp.65-81 and 92-84.
Hrl 683
  • c1300 Gloss.Neckam in Hunt Teaching (Hrl 683) T. Hunt, Teaching and Learning Latin in Thirteenth-Century England, vol.2 (1991).90-108.
LdMisc 497
  • c1225 Gloss Neckam in Hunt Gloses(2) (LdMisc 497) T. Hunt, "Gloses en Langue Vulgaire dans les Manuscrits du De Nominibus Utensilium d'Alexandre Nequam," Revue de Linguistique Romane 43 (1979).259-260. Note: One or two the glosses appear to be in English, or at least to be English loan-words in French.
Lin-C 132
  • a1300 Gloss.Neckam in Hunt Teaching (Lin-C 132) T. Hunt, Teaching and Learning Latin in Thirteenth-Century England, vol.2 (1991).Passages marked 'L' on pp.65-81 and 84-85.
Rwl G.96
  • c1225 Gloss Neckam in Hunt Gloses(2) (Rwl G.96) T. Hunt, "Gloses en Langue Vulgaire dans les Manuscrits du De Nominibus Utensilium d'Alexandre Nequam," Revue de Linguistique Romane 43 (1979).260-262. Note: One or two the glosses appear to be in English, or at least to be English loan-words in French.
Rwl G.99
  • c1225 Gloss Neckam in Hunt Gloses(2) (Rwl G.99) T. Hunt, "Gloses en Langue Vulgaire dans les Manuscrits du De Nominibus Utensilium d'Alexandre Nequam," Revue de Linguistique Romane 43 (1979).Readings marked 'R' on pp. 239-256.
StJ-C 178
  • ?c1250 Gloss Neckam in Hunt Gloses(2) (StJ-C 178) T. Hunt, "Gloses en Langue Vulgaire dans les Manuscrits du De Nominibus Utensilium d'Alexandre Nequam," Revue de Linguistique Romane 43 (1979).Readings marked 'J' on pp. 239-256.
Tit D.20
  • ?a1300 Gloss.Neckam (Tit D.20) A Volume of Vocabularies, ed. T. Wright (1857).96-119. Note: Wright prints within brackets a few glosses added "in a hand of a later period," but those appear to be exclusively French, and are not covered by this stencil.
Trin-C O.7.9
  • c1200 Gloss.Neckam in Hunt Teaching (Trin-C O.7.9) T. Hunt, Teaching and Learning Latin in Thirteenth-Century England, vol.2 (1991).86-90.
Wel 801A
  • ?c1250 Gloss.Neckam in Hunt Teaching (Wel 801A) T. Hunt, Teaching and Learning Latin in Thirteenth-Century England, vol.2 (1991).109-119.

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