Middle English Bibliography Entry

"Wyth was hys …" (incipit)

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 4087, 4088
NIMEV 4087, 4088
DIMEV 6540, 6540.5
Manual 5.XIII.288
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Digby 55 . (Pref. MS)
LAEME: Item 15. "Fol. 49r..English in one hand." SE Lincs.
London, British Library, Additional 11579 .
LAEME: Item 19. Three items (examined, of 11) in English on fols. 35v-36v and 72v-73r. "Text language not placed."
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Advocates 18.7.21 .
LALME: vol. 1. 88. "John of Grimestone's Preaching Book (holograph)." LP 4041. Norfolk.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodl. 42 .
LAEME: Item 18. Language not placed.
Durham, Cathedral Library A.3.12 .
LAEME: Item 13. English translation, on fol. 49r, of Candet Nudatum Pectus. "Text language not placed..nothing to suggest northern language."
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
S. H. Thomson, "English Translation of 'Candet nudatum pectus'," Medium Aevum 4 (1935).
Religious Lyrics of the XIVth Century, ed. C. Brown (1924).
MED title stencils and sources:
Dgb 55
  • a1300 Wyth was hys (Dgb 55) S. H. Thomson, "English Translation of 'Candet nudatum pectus'," Medium Aevum 4 (1935).104.
Add 11579
  • a1325 Wyth was hys (Add 11579) Religious Lyrics of the XIVth Century, ed. C. Brown (1924).241.
Adv 18.7.21
  • 1372 Wyth was hys (Adv 18.7.21) Religious Lyrics of the XIVth Century, ed. C. Brown (1924).241.
Bod 42
  • a1325 Wyth was hys (Bod 42) Religious Lyrics of the XIVth Century, ed. C. Brown (1924).1.
Dur-C A.3.12
  • ?c1275 Wyth was hys (Dur-C A.3.12) Religious Lyrics of the XIVth Century, ed. C. Brown (1924).1. Note: Date changed 2018 from a1325 (following one of Carleton Brown's dates) to ?c1275 (following M. Laing in LAEME).

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