Middle English Bibliography Entry

The Churl and the Bird

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 2784
NIMEV 2784
DIMEV 4420
Manual 6.XVI.21
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
London, British Library, Lansdowne 699 . (Pref. MS)
Oxford, Balliol College 354 .
London, British Library, Cotton Caligula A.2, pt.1 .
Cambridge, University Library Hh.4.12 .
Cambridge, University Library Kk.1.6 .
London, British Library, Harley 116 .
Leiden, University Library, Vossius Germ.Gall.Q.9 .
Lincoln, Cathedral Library 129 .
Longleat, Somerset, Marquess of Bath MS 258 .
Cambridge, Trinity College R.3.19 (599) .
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
The Minor Poems of John Lydgate, ed. H. N. MacCracken, vol. 2, Early English Text Society, Original Series 192 (1934; reprint 1961).
A Selection from the Minor Poems of Dan John Lydgate, ed. J. O. Halliwell, Percy Society Publications 2 (1840).
English Verse between Chaucer and Surrey, ed. E. P. Hammond (1927).
MED title stencils and sources:
Lnsd 699
  • a1500(?a1410) Lydg.CB (Lnsd 699) The Minor Poems of John Lydgate, ed. H. N. MacCracken, vol. 2, Early English Text Society, Original Series 192 (1934; reprint 1961).468-85.
Clg A.2
  • c1450 Lydg.CB (Clg A.2) The Minor Poems of John Lydgate, ed. H. N. MacCracken, vol. 2, Early English Text Society, Original Series 192 (1934; reprint 1961).fns. pp. 468-85. Note: Re-dated from a1500 to the more precise c1450 June 2019. Hanna and Lawton (EETS 320) date the MS more precisely still to a1475.
  • See also Variants below.
Cmb Hh.4.12
  • a1475 Lydg.CB (Cmb Hh.4.12) The Minor Poems of John Lydgate, ed. H. N. MacCracken, vol. 2, Early English Text Society, Original Series 192 (1934; reprint 1961).fns. pp. 468-85. Note: Dated a1500 in D of print MED.
  • See also Variants below.
Hrl 116
  • c1475 Lydg.CB (Hrl 116) A Selection from the Minor Poems of Dan John Lydgate, ed. J. O. Halliwell, Percy Society Publications 2 (1840).179-93. Note: Dated a1500 in E and F of print MED.
  • See also Variants below.
Lngl 258
  • a1475 Lydg.CB (Lngl 258) English Verse between Chaucer and Surrey, ed. E. P. Hammond (1927).104-9(line 336), 109(line 351)-110.
Variants taken from:
The Minor Poems of John Lydgate, ed. H. N. MacCracken, vol. 2, Early English Text Society, Original Series 192 (1934; reprint 1961).fns. pp. 468-85.
  • a1550 (Bal 354)
  • c1450 (Clg A.2)
  • a1475 (Cmb Hh.4.12)
  • a1500 (Cmb Kk.1.6)
  • c1475 (Hrl 116:MacCracken)
  • a1500 (Voss Germ.Gall.Q.9)
  • a1500 (Lin-C 129)
  • c1500 (Trin-C R.3.19)

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