Middle English Bibliography Entry

South English Legendary: Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 728, 907, 3064, 4171
NIMEV 728, 907, 3064, 4171
DIMEV 0.728, 1507, 4768, 6687
Manual 2.V.276(a)
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 43 .
LALME: vol. 1. 145. "MS in one hand." LP 7170. Gloucs.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodl. 779 .
LALME: vol. 1. 146. LP 5470. Hants.
London, British Library, Cotton Cleopatra D.9 .
LALME: vol. 1. 105. "Hand A." LP 7180. Gloucs.
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 145 .
LALME: vol. 1. 62 (two entries, q.v.). "Hand A (main hand)." LP 6810. Berks. "Hand B." LP 5560. Hants.
LAEME: Item 286. Hand A, fols. 1r-210v of the South English Legendary [only]. NW Berks.
London, British Library, Egerton 1993 .
LALME: vol. 1. 109. "MS in one hand." LP 7130. Gloucs.
London, British Library, Harley 2277 .
LALME: vol. 1. 111. LP 5130. Somerset.
London, British Library, Cotton Julius D.9 .
London, Lambeth Palace Library 223 .
LALME: vol. 1. 118. "One hand." LP 140. Derbys.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud Misc. 108, Part 1 .
LALME: vol. 1. 149. "Main hand. ff. 1-200." LP 6920. Oxon.
LAEME: Item 1600 (281, 283, 284). Entry 1. "Hand A." W Oxon.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud Misc. 463 .
LALME: vol. 1. 150. "MS in one hand." LP 7750. Worcs.
London, British Library, Stowe 949 .
LALME: vol. 1. 116. "Three hands." LP 6950. Gloucs.
Cambridge, Trinity College R.3.25 (605) .
LALME: vol. 1. 65. "MS in one hand." LP 5320. Wilts.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. poet. a.1 (Vernon) .
LALME: vol. 1. 148. "MS in one hand except for the Index." LP 7630. Worcs.
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
The South English Legendary … from Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS. 145 and British Museum MS. Harley 2277 …, eds. C. D'Evelyn and A. J. Mill, Early English Text Society, Original Series 235, 236, 244 (1956, 1956, 1959; reprint 1967, 1967, 1969).
The Life and Martyrdom of Thomas Beket, ed. W. H. Black, Percy Society Publications 19 (1845).
Die me. Thomas Beket-legende des Gloucesterlegendars, ed. H. Thiemke, Palaestra : Untersuchungen und texte aus der deutschen und englischen philologie 131 (1919).
The Early South-English Legendary from Bodleian MS. Laud Misc. 108, ed. C. Horstmann, Early English Text Society, Original Series 87 (1887; reprint 1987).
The Early South-English Legendary from Bodleian MS. Laud Misc. 108, ed. C. Horstmann, EETS 87 (1887; reprint 1987). (MS LdMisc 108) Opens in a new window
MED title stencils and sources:
Corp-C 145
  • a1325 SLeg.Becket (Corp-C 145) The South English Legendary … from Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS. 145 and British Museum MS. Harley 2277 …, eds. C. D'Evelyn and A. J. Mill, Early English Text Society, Original Series 235, 236, 244 (1956, 1956, 1959; reprint 1967, 1967, 1969).610(line 1)-692(line 74).
  • See also Variants below.
Hrl 2277
  • c1300 SLeg.Becket (Hrl 2277) The Life and Martyrdom of Thomas Beket, ed. W. H. Black, Percy Society Publications 19 (1845).
  • See also Variants below.
Jul D.9
  • ?a1425 SLeg.Becket (Jul D.9) Die me. Thomas Beket-legende des Gloucesterlegendars, ed. H. Thiemke, Palaestra : Untersuchungen und texte aus der deutschen und englischen philologie 131 (1919).fns.
  • See also Variants below.
LdMisc 108
  • c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108) The Early South-English Legendary from Bodleian MS. Laud Misc. 108, ed. C. Horstmann, Early English Text Society, Original Series 87 (1887; reprint 1987).106-77. Note: Dated c1290 in E and F of print MED.
  • See also Variants below.
Thiemke (critical edition, based on Ashm 43)
  • c1290-a1450 SLeg.Becket (Thiemke) Die me. Thomas Beket-legende des Gloucesterlegendars, ed. H. Thiemke, Palaestra : Untersuchungen und texte aus der deutschen und englischen philologie 131 (1919).
Variants taken from:
Die me. Thomas Beket-legende des Gloucesterlegendars, ed. H. Thiemke, Palaestra : Untersuchungen und texte aus der deutschen und englischen philologie 131 (1919).fns.
  • a1350 (Ashm 43)
  • a1450 (Bod 779)
  • c1350 (Cleo D.9) Note: Dated a1400 in print MED, on uncertain grounds. Redated 2023-08 to match other texts from the SEL portion of this MS.
  • a1325 (Corp-C 145)
  • c1375 (Eg 1993)
  • c1300 (Hrl 2277)
  • ?a1425 (Jul D.9)
  • ?c1400 (Lamb 223)
  • c1300 (LdMisc 108)
  • a1425 (LdMisc 463)
  • a1400 (Stw 949)
  • a1425 (Trin-C R.3.25)

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