Bi a wode - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Bibliography Entry

"Bi a wode …" (incipit)

External References:	IMEV 563 NIMEV 563 DIMEV 926 Wells 13.97
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:	Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. poet. a.1 (Vernon) . (Pref. MS) LALME: vol. 1. 148. "MS in one hand except for the Index." LP 7630. Worcs. London, British Library, Cotton Caligula A.2, pt.1 . Princeton, University Library, Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections, Garrett 143 .
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:	Religious Lyrics of the XIVth Century, ed. C. Brown (1924). A Selection from the Minor Poems of Dan John Lydgate, ed. J. O. Halliwell, Percy Society Publications 2 (1840). R. K. Root, "Poems from the Garrett Manuscript," Englische Studien 41 (1910).
MED title stencils and sources:	Vrn (Eng.poet. a.1) c1390 Bi a wode (Vrn) Religious Lyrics of the XIVth Century, ed. C. Brown (1924).196-99. Clg A.2 c1450 Bi a wode (Clg A.2) A Selection from the Minor Poems of Dan John Lydgate, ed. J. O. Halliwell, Percy Society Publications 2 (1840).228-32. 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. Gar 143 a1450 Bi a wode (Gar 143) R. K. Root, "Poems from the Garrett Manuscript," Englische Studien 41 (1910).376-79.