Middle English Bibliography Entry

"Þow þu be kyng …" (incipit)

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 3707
NIMEV 3707
DIMEV 5891
Manual 6.XIV.359
Wells 13.100
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.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. poet. e.1 .
LALME: vol. 1. 148. Hand A. "Language from SW of Norwich." Norfolk.
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
The Early English Carols, ed. R. L. Greene (1935).
MED title stencils and sources:
Sln 2593
  • a1450 Þow þu be kyng (Sln 2593) The Early English Carols, ed. R. L. Greene (1935).240. 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.
BodPoet e.1
  • a1500 Þow þu be kyng (BodPoet e.1) The Early English Carols, ed. R. L. Greene (1935).240.

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