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The Corpus of Vernacular Homilies and Prose Saints’ Lives before Ælfric

Title:

The Corpus of Vernacular Homilies and Prose Saints’ Lives before Ælfric

Author:

Scragg, D. G.

Series:

Basic Readings in Anglo-Saxon England

Location:

New York

Notes:

• CCCC MS 367 Surveys manuscripts containing anonymous Old English prose homilies; dating CCCC MS 367 part II ff. 3-6 and 11-29 to s. xii; south-eastern connections, p. 111
• Surveys manuscripts containing anonymous Old English prose homilies; dating additions to s. xi 2, Exeter, p. 108
• Surveys manuscripts containing anonymous Old English prose homilies; dating to s. x/xi, added on blank leaves, p. 109
• Surveys manuscripts containing anonymous Old English prose homilies; dating to s. xi 1 and s. xi 2; the original part copied from Bodleian MSS Bodley 340 and 342, and from a south-eastern archetype; much altered in the course of the eleventh century somewhere in the West, pp. 90-1
• Surveys manuscripts containing anonymous Old English prose homilies; dating to s. xi 1 or xi med.; homilies are near-contemporary additions, p. 86
• Surveys manuscripts containing anonymous Old English prose homilies; dating to s. xi 2, p. 106
• Surveys manuscripts containing anonymous Old English prose homilies; dating to s. xi in.; related to Bodleian MSS Bodley 340 and 342, and probably also from Rochester or Canterbury, pp. 91-2
• Surveys manuscripts containing anonymous Old English prose homilies; dating to s. xi med., p. 111
• Surveys manuscripts containing anonymous Old English prose homilies; dating to s. xi/xii; probably from the south east, pp. 93-4
• Surveys manuscripts containing anonymous Old English prose homilies; dating to s. xii 1; probably draws on a copy of Bodleian MSS Bodley 340 and 342; probably from Rochester, pp. 95-6
• Surveys manuscripts containing anonymous Old English prose homilies; treats CCCC MSS 191, 196 and 201 pp. 179-272 together, arguing they were once bound into one volume; dating to s. xi 3/4, Exeter; pp. 1-178 dating to s. xi med., pp. 105, 108-9
• Surveys manuscripts containing anonymous Old English prose homilies; treats CCCC MSS 191, 196 and 201 pp. 179-272 together, arguing they were once bound into one volume; dating to s. xi 3/4, Exeter, p. 105
• Surveys manuscripts containing anonymous Old English prose homilies; treats CCCC MSS 191, 196 and 201 pp. 179-272 together, arguing they were once bound into one volume; dating to s. xi 3/4, Exeter, p. 105
• Surveys manuscripts containing anonymous Old English prose homilies; treats CCCC MSS 419 and 421 together; dating to s. xi 1; perhaps originated in south east before moving west to Exeter, pp. 98-101
• Surveys manuscripts containing anonymous Old English prose homilies; treats CCCC MSS 419 and 421 together; dating to s. xi 1; perhaps originated in south east before moving west to Exeter, pp. 98-101

Editor:

Szarmach, P. E.

Volume:

5

Pages:

73–150

Book Title:

Old English Prose: Basic Readings

Reference Type:

Book section

Manuscript:

cg531kv2466