Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 444: Genesis and Exodus in Middle English Verse
Abstract/Contents
- Summary
- CCCC MS 444 is a c. 1300-25 copy of the Middle English Genesis and Exodus, a biblical paraphrase in verse written c. 1250, and derived from the Historia scholastica by Petrus Comestor (d. c. 1187). It is considered to be in an East Midlands dialect and is the earliest English paraphrase from the Historia scholastica. The title is misleading because the text also contains paraphrases of sections of Leviticus, Deuteronomy and Numbers. The vocabulary and syntax of the text has been much studied by philologists of early Middle English dialects.
- Contents
- Genesis and Exodus in English Verse
Description
| Alternative title | Genesis and Exodus in English Verse |
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| Type of resource | mixed material |
| Extent | ff. 1 + 81 |
| Date created | [ca. 1290 - 1310] |
| Language | English, Middle (1100-1500) |
| Material | Vellum |
| Layout | 26 lines to a page |
| Height (mm) | 189 |
| Width (mm) | 109 |
| Collation | 1 flyleaf, 1(8)-8(8) (7 canc.) 9(8) 10(10). |
| Writing | in a large clear upright hand |
| Foliation | ff. a-b + i + 1-81 + c-d |
| Research | The whole text has been edited for the E. E. T. S. by the Revd R. Morris (1865). The dialect is said to be East Midland. The manuscript is unique. |
| Additions | On f. iv: Plinius nullus tam malus est liber quin ex eo boni aliquid capi possit 1485. (This motto is written in a good many of the manuscripts.) On f. 1r at top: Sapit qui suscepit. Ric. Southwell. |
Bibliographic information
| M.R. James Date | xiv (near 1300) |
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| Downloadable James Catalogue Record | |
| Superseded Interim Catalogue Record | |
| Contains |
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| TJames | 164 |
| Stanley | R. 11 |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/fj940yb0930 |
| Location | MS 444 |
| Repository | UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library |
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Collection
Parker Manuscripts
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