Middle English Bibliography Entry

South English Legendary: St. Cecilia

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 2873
NIMEV 2873
DIMEV 4572
Manual 2.V.53(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 B." LP 7430. Herefords.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud Misc. 108, Part 2 .
LALME: vol. 1. 149. "ff. 228v to end (237v) & The language is mixed, and suggests a western (probably Gloucs) original, with an East Anglian overlay." Gloucs. East Anglia.
Cambridge, Trinity College R.3.25 (605) .
LALME: vol. 1. 65. "MS in one hand." LP 5320. Wilts.
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
Life of St. Cecilia, ed. B. E. Lovewell, Yale Studies in English 3 (1898).
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:
Ashm 43
  • a1350(a1325) SLeg.Cec. (Ashm 43) Life of St. Cecilia, ed. B. E. Lovewell, Yale Studies in English 3 (1898).even pp. 72-90.
Bod 779
  • a1450 SLeg.Cec. (Bod 779) Life of St. Cecilia, ed. B. E. Lovewell, Yale Studies in English 3 (1898).upper odd pp. 73-91.
Cleo D.9
  • c1350 SLeg.Cec. (Cleo D.9) Life of St. Cecilia, ed. B. E. Lovewell, Yale Studies in English 3 (1898).lower odd pp. 73-91. Note: Date based on advice of the Keeper and Assistant Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum (A.J. Collins and C.E. Wright, personal communication to Hans Kurath of MED, 1948), apparently confirmed by the more recent opinions of Manfred Görlach (1974) and e-LALME.
LdMisc 108
  • a1350 SLeg.Cec. (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).490-96.
Trin-C R.3.25
  • a1425 SLeg.Cec. (Trin-C R.3.25) Life of St. Cecilia, ed. B. E. Lovewell, Yale Studies in English 3 (1898).fns. marked 'C', pp. 72-91.
  • See also Variants below.
Variants taken from:
Life of St. Cecilia, ed. B. E. Lovewell, Yale Studies in English 3 (1898).fns. pp. 72-91.
  • a1425 (Trin-C R.3.25)

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