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The Manuscripts of Sedulius. A Provisional Handlist

Title:

The Manuscripts of Sedulius. A Provisional Handlist

Author:

Springer, C. P. E.

Notes:

• CCCC MS 173 This book contains a handlist of the mss of the various works of Sedulius. Notes that CCCC MS 173 contains an eighth century text of the Paschale Carmen and is the earliest English ms to contain it. There is a detailed description of the ms. , pp. 7, 41-2, 123-4 Handlist of manuscripts containing works by Sedulius. Gives a description of CCCC MS 173, dating ff. 59-83 to the second half of the eighth century, and ff. 57-8 to the ninth century. The text of Sedulius is described as extensively glossed in Latin and Old English. A bibliography of scholarship is given, pp. 41-2
• CCCC MS 286 This book contains a handlist of the mss of the various works of Sedulius. Notes that CCCC MS 286, ff. 129v, 207v, have short extracts from the Paschale Carmen, pp. 123-4 Handlist of manuscripts containing works by Sedulius. Describes CCCC MS 286 as late sixth century, gives provenance as Italy, perhaps Rome, later at St Augustine’s, Canterbury. A bibliography of scholarship is given, pp. 123-4
• CCCC MS 391 Handlist of manuscripts containing works by Sedulius. CCCC MS 391, which contains some of Sedulius’ hymns, is described as dating from c. 1065, with a provenance at Worcester. A bibliography of scholarship pertaining to the manuscript is given, p. 124 This book contains a handlist of the mss of the various works of Sedulius. Notes that CCCC MS 391 contains two hymns by Sedulius: A solis ortu cardine and Hostis Herodes, p. 124

Volume:

85

Pages:

1–244

Reference Type:

Journal article

Manuscript:

mk707wk3350