Middle English Bibliography Entry

"Of spayn …" (incipit)

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 2656
NIMEV 2656
DIMEV 4210
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 759 . (Pref. MS)
Oxford, Corpus Christi College 226 .
London, British Library, Harley 2407 .
London, British Library, Sloane 1098 .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 1416 .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 1442 (VI) .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 1478 (I) .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 1486 (Ib) .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 1490 .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, e Mus. 63 .
Cambridge, University Library Dd.4.45 (II) .
Cambridge, King's College Keynes Alchemical MS 37 .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson D.1046 .
London, British Library, Sloane 288 .
London, British Library, Sloane 320 .
London, British Library, Sloane 3747 .
Cambridge, Trinity College O.2.15 .
Cambridge, Trinity College R.14.56 .
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
Photostat of MS Ashm 759, ff. 125a-126b; formerly in poss. of MED; may also be cited from film of MS Ashm 759 in possession of University of Michigan Library (BMP reel 224(3)).
Verse and Transmutation : a Corpus of Middle English Alchemical Poetry (Critical Editions and Studies), ed. A. Timmermann, History of Science and Medicine Library, Volume 42 (Leiden: Brill, 2013).
R. H. Robbins, Secular Lyrics of the XIVth and XVth Centuries (1952; 2nd ed. 1955).
Photostat of MS Hrl 2407, ff. 91-93; formerly in poss. of MED.
MED title stencils and sources:
Ashm 759
  • a1500 *Of spayn (Ashm 759) Photostat of MS Ashm 759, ff. 125a-126b; formerly in poss. of MED; may also be cited from film of MS Ashm 759 in possession of University of Michigan Library (BMP reel 224(3)).
  • a1500 Of spayn (Ashm 759:Timmermann) Verse and Transmutation : a Corpus of Middle English Alchemical Poetry (Critical Editions and Studies), ed. A. Timmermann, History of Science and Medicine Library, Volume 42 (Leiden: Brill, 2013).270-274.
Corp-O 226
  • a1500 Of spayn (Corp-O 226) R. H. Robbins, Secular Lyrics of the XIVth and XVth Centuries (1952; 2nd ed. 1955).82-84
Hrl 2407
  • a1500 *Of spayn (Hrl 2407) Photostat of MS Hrl 2407, ff. 91-93; formerly in poss. of MED. Note: Variant version with "Of Titan magnesia" incipit.
Sln 1098
  • ?c1550(a1500) Of spayn (Sln 1098) Verse and Transmutation : a Corpus of Middle English Alchemical Poetry (Critical Editions and Studies), ed. A. Timmermann, History of Science and Medicine Library, Volume 42 (Leiden: Brill, 2013).274-277. Note: Variant version with "Of Titan magnesia" incipit.
Variants taken from:
Verse and Transmutation : a Corpus of Middle English Alchemical Poetry (Critical Editions and Studies), ed. A. Timmermann (2013).fns., p.270-74.
  • c1500 (Ashm 1416)
  • ?c1650 (Ashm 1442 (VI))
  • ?c1550 (Ashm 1478 (I))
  • ?c1550 (Ashm 1486 (Ib))
  • ?c1550 (Ashm 1490)
  • a1500 (Ashm 759)
  • ?c1550 (BodEMus 63)
  • c1500 (Cmb Dd.4.45 (II))
  • a1500 (Corp-O 226)
  • a1600 (Rwl D.1046)
  • ?c1650 (Sln 288)
  • a1600 (Sln 320)
  • c1475 (Sln 3747)
  • c1600 (Trin-C O.2.15)
  • a1500 (Trin-C R.14.56)
Verse and Transmutation : a Corpus of Middle English Alchemical Poetry (Critical Editions and Studies), ed. A. Timmermann (2013).fns., p.274-277. Note: "Titan magnesia" variant version.
  • ?c1450 (Hrl 2407)
  • ?c1650 (KC Keynes Alchemical MS 37)
  • c1600 (Trin-C O.2.15)

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