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Anglo-Norman Literature: A Guide to Texts and Manuscripts

Title:
Anglo-Norman Literature: A Guide to Texts and Manuscripts
Author:
Dean, R. J. and Boulton, M. B. M.
Series:
Anglo-Norman Text Society
Location:
London
Notes:
  • CCCC MS 8 Description of the text of the Anglo-Norman love song ’Volez oyer le Castoy’ found on the flyleaf of CCCC MS 8, dating it to the mid-13th century, p. 72, no. 118
  • CCCC MS 16 Description of the text of the Anglo-Norman itinerary from London to Jerusalem via France and Italy, with illustrations in Matthew Paris’ own hand as found in CCCC MS 16, dating it to the mid-13th century, pp. 183-4, no. 334 Brief discussion of the Anglo-Norman early heraldic rolls of the kind found in CCCC MS 16, dating it 1240-53, pp. 213-5, no. 391.1
  • CCCC MS 20 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of St Paul’s Vision of Hell, c. 300 lines in octosyllabic couplets, which is incomplete in CCCC MS 20, dating it to the early 14th century, p. 307, no. 555 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of a verse Apocalypse, of which CCCC MS 20 contains a gamma text version with many abridgements and accompanied by extracts from the French version of the non-Berengaudus prose commentary, dating the ms to the early 14th century, pp. 262-3, no. 478
  • CCCC MS 26 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of the itinerary from London to Jerusalem via France and Italy, with illustrations in Matthew Paris’ own hand as found in CCCC MS 26, dating it to the mid-13th century, pp. 183-4, no. 334 Brief discussion of the Anglo-Norman early heraldic rolls of the kind found in CCCC MS 26, dating it 1240-53, pp. 213-5, no. 391.1
  • CCCC MS 37 Description of Anglo-Norman ’Lists of counties of England, archbishoprics and bishoprics of England and Wales’, giving the rubric, as found in CCCC MS 37, dating it to the early 14th century, pp. 11-12, no. 11 Description of an Anglo-Norman text on Zodiac predictions apparently derived from a text called the Bona temporalia and giving the incipit as found in CCCC MS 37, dating it to the early 14th century, p. 203, no. 376
  • CCCC MS 50 Description of the Anglo-Norman version of ’The Four Daughters of God’, a verse allegory of 129 lines (abridged from the full length 300 lines) as found in CCCC MS 50, dating it to the mid-13th century, p. 372, no. 685 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of Le Livre de Reis de Brittanie, a short prose chronicle of England; the version in CCCC MS 50 begins with the arrival of the kings of East Anglia and runs to the accession of Henry III, dating it to the late 13th century, pp. 12-15, no. 13 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of the Roman de Brut by Wace as found in CCCC MS 50, dating it to the mid-13th century, pp. 2-3, no. 2 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of Gui de Warewic, a romance in 12926 lines dating from the first half of the 13th century as found in CCCC MS 50, dating it to the mid-13th century, pp. 90-91, no. 154 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of Amis et Amiloun, a 13th century romance of 1250 lines, as found in CCCC MS 50, dating it to the mid-13th century, pp. 92-3, no. 157 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of Un Chivaler e sa Dame e un Clerk, a fabliau of 586 lines, unique to CCCC MS 50 ff. 90-94, dating it to the mid-13th century, p. 109, no. 189
  • CCCC MS 53 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of Le Livre de Reis de Brittanie, a short prose chronicle of England; the version in CCCC MS 53 runs to the death of Edward I and has a continuation in a different hand running to 1399, dating it to the early 14th century and the continuation to the early 15th century, pp. 12-15, no. 13
  • CCCC MS 66A Description of the Anglo-Norman text of Seth, or ’The Holy Rood’ in verse, part of the longer legend of the Penitence of Adam, a 13th century translation of the preceding text in CCCC MS 66A ff. 224-7 and unique to it, dating it to the mid-13th century (before 1254), p. 264. no. 480 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of The Childhood of Jesus of 124 lines as found in CCCC MS 66A, dating it to the mid-13th century (before 1254), p. 273, no. 496
  • CCCC MS 98 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of the Genalogical Roll Chronicle featuring genealogical portrait roundels beginning with Adam and Eve, as found in CCCC MS 98, dating it to the 15th century, p. 10, no. 7 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of the short version of the Brut as found in CCCC MS 98, dating it to the mid-15th century, pp. 24-7, no. 36
  • CCCC MS 133 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of the Scalacronica, a prose history of England from Adam to 1364, based on the Brut and well known chronicles as found in CCCC MS 133, dating it to the 14th/15th century, p. 50, no. 74 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of Algorism, a treatise on mathematics in 274 lines, plus additional lines on measures, as found in CCCC MS 133, dating it to the 14th/15th century, pp. 180-81, no. 329
  • CCCC MS 150 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of Medical Prescriptions containing six receipts for men and animals as found in CCCC MS 150, dating it to the late-13th century, pp. 234-6, no. 439
  • CCCC MS 175 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of the Genealogical Tables, featuring a description of England and chronicle material (in Latin) to 1291 as found in CCCC MS 175, dating it to the mid-13th century, pp. 7-9, no. 6
  • CCCC MS 218 Description of the Anglo-Norman Le livre de seyntz medicines by Henry of Lancaster, a devotional treatise in which sin is allegorised as illness written in 1354 as found in CCCC MS 218, dating it to the late 14th century, pp. 378-9, no.696
  • CCCC MS 278 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of ’The Oxford Psalter’, a prose translation of the Gallican version, a later version of which (post 13th century) is found in CCCC MS 278 ff. 91-147, dating it to the early 14th century, pp. 239-41, no. 445
  • CCCC MS 297 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of a ’Legal glossary’ of Anglo-Saxon legal terms and their equivalent in Anglo-Norman as found in CCCC MS 297, dating it to the 13th/14th century, pp. 173-4, no. 316 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of Paints and Dyes, a short passage of which is found in CCCC MS 297, giving the incipit and explicit, dating it to 13th/14th century, pp. 210-11, no. 387  
  • CCCC MS 301 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of Housbondrie by Walter of Henley, a tract in the form of a sermon designed as a commentary on the text of Seneschaucie, used by monastic landlords, as found in CCCC MS 301 pp. 141-8, dating it to the early 14th century, pp. 216-8, no. 394 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of veterinary recipes for horses as found in CCCC MS 301 at ff. 79-81, dating it to the 14th century, pp. 220-21, no. 399 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of medical prescriptions containing one recipe for gout as found in CCCC MS 301, dating it to the early 14th century, pp. 234-6, no. 439 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of Husbandry, a treatise dealing with auditing and the duties of the steward that circulated among monastic houses as found in CCCC MS 301 pp. 148-53, dating it to early 14th century, pp. 218-9, no. 395
  • CCCC MS 335 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of Orthographia Gallica, a manual for the teaching of correct spelling and pronunciation of Continental French in the 14th century as found in CCCC MS 335, dating it to the early 15th century, pp. 162-3, no. 287 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of Prognostications, a short treatise on propitious days of the month for care of the body as found in CCCC MS 335 ff. 137-8, dating it to the mid-14th century, p. 203, no. 375 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of Medical Prescriptions containing three receipts for eyes and teeth as found in CCCC MS 335, dating it to the mis-14th century, pp. 234-6, no. 439
  • CCCC MS 383 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of ’Estrif de Druerie Fine’, a marginal fragment of text consisting of a dialogue between a thrush and a nightingale about ladies having ’seisine damur’as found in CCCC MS 383 f. 12r, dating it to the early 13th century, pp. 139-40, no. 250 Description of the Latin and Anglo-Norman text of selected Psalms for the liturgical year collected on the lower margins of CCCC MS 383, dating it to the early 13th century, p. 247, no. 455
  • CCCC MS 388 Description of the text of a collection of medical receipts in Latin, Anglo-Norman and Middle English, with a verse prologue and an an Anglo-Norman treatise on urine as found in CCCC MS 388, dating it to the 13th/14th century, pp. 224-5, no. 408 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of the Secreta Medicine H. Sampsonis de Clouburnel, a series of herbal receipts, salves, prayers and charms as found in CCCC MS 388 ff. 50-51, dating it to the 13th/14th century, p. 226, no. 412
  • CCCC MS 394 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of the Prose ’Apocalypse’, an illustrated version of the 13th century with a prose commentary distinct from that of Berengaudus, as found in CCCC MS 394 ff. 1-79, dating it to the early 14th century, pp. 259-60, no. 475
  • CCCC MS 405 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of The Prophecies of Merlin (Prose Version), also called The Prophecy of the Six Kings to Follow John, as found in CCCC MS 405 pp. 8-12, dating it to the mid-14th century, pp. 16-17, no. 18 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of The Perilous Days in prose, a list of inauspicious days and predicted disasters as found in CCCC MS 405 pp. 16-17, dating it to the first quarter of the 14th century, pp. 204-5, no. 379 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of the Distichs of Cato by Elie of Winchester, a translation of 766 lines dating from the end of the 12th century as found in CCCC MS 405 pp. 317-42, dating it to the early 14th century, pp. 143-4, no. 254 Description of the Anglo-Norman text on the interpretation of dreams, providing instructions for how to use the text of the Psalter and prayers to interpret dreams as found in CCCC MS 405 p. 17, dating it to the first quarter of the 14th century, p. 209, no. 385 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of The Rule of the Hospitallers, accompanied by a list of miracles associated with the foundation of the order; the earliest known version of the Rule (c. 1181-85), unique to CCCC MS 405 pp. 255-310, dating it to the early 14th century, pp. 388-9, no. 714 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of ’The Fall, Harrowing of Hell, and Passion’, an anonymous verse sermon as found in CCCC MS 405 pp. 368-94, dating it to the early 14th century, p. 331, no. 599 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of ’Le Petit Sermon’, a verse sermon on loving and fearing God and the Last Judgement in 780 lines as found in CCCC MS 405 pp. 343-68, dating it to the early 14th century, pp. 351-2, no. 636 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of the Divisiones Mundi by Perot Garbelei, a 13th century treatise on geography of 935 lines, mostly translated from De Imagine Mundi of Honorius of Autun and influenced by Pierre de Beauvais’ Mappemonde, found in CCCC MS 405 pp. 394-425, dating it to the early 14th century, pp. 181-2, no. 330 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of the Prayer to the Virgin: Aves, Joys, Litany of Saints and a prayer to the Blessed Virgin as found in CCCC MS 405, pp. 311-17, pp. 400-03, no. 740 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of a letter incipit ’Seynt Leon apostoile de Rome escrit ceste lettre e dit ky unkys le lirra ja cel jour ne estout doter sun enimi’, a redaction of the letter found in BL Harley 1260 as found in CCCC MS 405 p. 20, dating it to the early 14th century, pp. 454-5, no. 883
  • CCCC MS 450 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of three love songs written around the theme of ’fin’amor’ as found in CCCC MS 450 pp. 264-66, dating it to the early 14th century, p. 76, no. 125 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of Proverbial Follies, 36 of which are found in CCCC MS 450 p. 252, dating it to the early 14th century, pp. 150-51, no. 266 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of Proverbes de Fraunce, 464 proverbs in prose, arranged in alphabetical order as found in CCCC MS 450 pp. 252-60, dating it to the early 14th century, p. 151, no. 267 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of the Tretiz de Langage by Walter of Bibbesworth, a French vocabulary, a shorter, anonymous, recension being found in CCCC MS 450 pp. 241-51, dating it to the early 14th century, pp. 160-61, no. 285 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of the Prayer to the Virgin by Walter of Bibbesworth, written as prose as found in CCCC MS 450, dating it to the early 14th century, p. 428, no. 799 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of a poem A Meditation on the Love of the Virgin, with continuations as found in CCCC MS 450 pp. 260-62, dating it to the early 14th century, p. 427, no. 798
  • CCCC MS 462 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of an exhortation to meditate on the crucifixion, written as prose as found in CCCC MS 462 f. 152, dating it to the mid-13th century, p. 487, no. 976
  • CCCC MS 469 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of the Genealogical Tables as found in CCCC MS 469, p. 7-10, no. 6 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of Le Livre de Reis de Brittanie, a short prose chronicle of England; the version in CCCC MS 469 lacks a prologue and breaks off at the reign of Edgar, dating it to the late 13th century, pp. 12-15, no. 13
  • CCCC MS 471 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of Rossignos by John of Howden (d. 1275), a verse homily on the life of Christ composed for Eleanor of Provence as found in CCCC MS 471, dating it to the mid-14th century, p. 342, no. 626
  • CCCC MS 511 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of medical prescriptions containing various receipts as found in CCCC MS 511, dating it to the mid-14th century, pp. 234-6, no. 439
  • CCCC MS 553 Description of the Anglo-Norman text of St Paul’s Vision of Hell by Adam de Ross, a 12th century version sometimes called La Descente de saint Paul en enfer, as found (incomplete) in CCCC MS 405 pp. 457-62, dating it to the early 14th century, p. 306, no. 553
Reference Type:
Book
Manuscript:
bc961dv0378

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