Middle English Bibliography Entry

The Brut

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 295
NIMEV 295
DIMEV 498
Manual 8.XXI.3
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
London, British Library, Cotton Caligula A.9 . (Pref. MS)
LAEME: Item 277. Part 1, Entry 1. "[Laȝamon's Brut], Hand A..[part 1] fols. 3ra-17rb (foot); 17va line 5-18vb line 6 (mahte); 27ra lines 1-6 (wes bliðe); 88ra-89rb line 3 (þan kinge)." Item 278. Part 1, Entry 2. "[Laȝamon's Brut], Hand B..fols. 17va lines 1-4; 18vb line 7 (of his)-26vb (foot); 27ra line 6 (þat maeiden)-87vb (foot); 89rb line 4 (to ani) -194vb (end)." Both hands placed in NW Worcs but possibly "further south just E of Worcester." Item 2. Part 2, Entry 1. Language 1, lines 1-900 and 961-1174 (fols. 233r-239v line 13; 240r line 6-241v line 15) Central Worcs. Item 3. Part 2, Entry 2. Language 2, lines 901-960 and 1175-1794 (fols. 239v line 14-240r line 5; 241v line 16-246r). NW Worcs.
London, British Library, Cotton Otho C.13 .
LALME: vol. 1. 107. LP 5230. Somerset.
LAEME: Item 280. Layamon's Brut. NW Wilts.
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
Laȝamon's Brut, eds. G. L. Brook and R. F. Leslie, Early English Text Society, Original Series 250, 277 (1963, 1978).
Laȝamon's Brut, eds. G. L. Brook and R. F. Leslie, EETS 250, 277 (1963, 1978). (MS Clg A.9) Opens in a new window
Laȝamon's Brut, eds. G. L. Brook and R. F. Leslie, EETS 250, 277 (1963, 1978). (MS Otho C.13) Opens in a new window
MED title stencils and sources:
Clg A.9
  • c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9) Laȝamon's Brut, eds. G. L. Brook and R. F. Leslie, Early English Text Society, Original Series 250, 277 (1963, 1978).even pp. passim. Note: Dated a1225(?a1200) in A-T(?) of print MED. In A-N of the print MED (and perhaps sporadically elsewhere in the online MED) the stencil refers to Laȝamon's Brut, or Chronicle of Britain, ed. F. Madden, 3 vols. (1847).left cols.
Otho C.13
  • c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13) Laȝamon's Brut, eds. G. L. Brook and R. F. Leslie, Early English Text Society, Original Series 250, 277 (1963, 1978).odd pp. passim. Note: In A-N of the print MED (and perhaps sporadically elsewhere in the online MED) the stencil refers to Laȝamon's Brut, or Chronicle of Britain, ed. F. Madden, 3 vols. (1847).right cols.

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