Middle English Bibliography Entry

"Ihesu was born …" (incipit)

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 1785
NIMEV 1785
DIMEV 2944
Manual 6.XIV.122
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
London, British Library, Sloane 2593 . (Pref. MS)
LALME: vol. 1. 116. "MS in one hand. … A minstrel book [with] a reference to King's Lynn." LP 4279. Norfolk.
Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Brogyntyn 2.1 (olim Porkington 10) .
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
The Early English Carols, ed. R. L. Greene (1935).
Religious Lyrics of the XVth Century, ed. C. Brown (1939).
MED title stencils and sources:
Sln 2593
  • a1450 Ihesu was born (Sln 2593) The Early English Carols, ed. R. L. Greene (1935).80-81. Note: MS redated a1450 from c1450 June 2019 in consultation with OED. So R. L. Greene, Early English Carols (2nd ed., 1977), 306 and K. R. Palti, University College London diss. 2008, p. 69.
Brog 2.1
  • a1475 Ihesu was born (Brog 2.1) Religious Lyrics of the XVth Century, ed. C. Brown (1939).124-25.

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