Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 471: John of Howden, Rossignos

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Summary: CCCC MS 471, contains the unique copy of the devotional poem in Anglo-Norman by John of Howden (d. 1275), Rossignos, the manuscript dating to the late fourteenth century, some hundred years after the poem's original composition. Howden's exact identity is uncertain, but he was probably a royal clerk in the household of Queen Eleanor of Provence, consort of Henry III and the mother of Edward I. The poem is dedicated to Eleanor and is a reworking of Howden's earlier Latin work, Philomena. The manuscript was probably in Parker's possession by 1564, as revealed by a scribbled note bearing that date. Other notes record the name of 'Franciscus Aldriche', but it seems unlikely that this is the same man who attended Clare College in the 1580s and rose to be Master of Sidney Sussex College in 1608.
Contents: Rossignos

Alternative title	Ioh. Hoveden, le Rossignol
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 2 + 112
Date created	[ca. 1375 - 1399]
Language	French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600); Latin; English
Material	Vellum
Layout	24 lines to a page
Height (mm)	150
Width (mm)	109
Collation	a(2) 1(12)-9(12) 10(4).
Writing	in a clear current hand
Foliation	ff. a-b + i-ii + 1-112 + c-d
Additions	Flyleaves from a late document, grant of probate by William (Warham) Archbishop of Canterbury.
2 fo.	quant fuites

M.R. James Date	xiv late
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:rj192ww7101/MS_471.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:mq796rv7381/471.pdf
Contains	Title John of Howden, Rossignos. 1r-112r Author John of Howden Incipit (1r) Ci comence la pensee Iohan de Houedene clerc la roine dengleterre mere le roi Edward de la neissance e de la mort e du relieuement e de lascencion ihesu crist e de lassumpcion nostre dame. Et a non ceste pensee. Rossignos, etc (1r) Ceste oeure comence. Ci comence li rossignol.Alme lesse lit de peresseE ta langor e ta tristesseApreng damour la parfondesseE a penser damour tadresse Note Ends Explicit (111r) A la roine lesmereeMere au roi Edward la seneeVa chanzon e se li agreeLi soiez leue e recordee Rubric (111r) Ci finist li Rossignos Johan de Houdene Note This copy is mentioned by Tanner. The text has not been printed. John Hoveden died in 1275. This may be a French version by another hand of his Latin poem Philomela On ff. 111v, 112r are Parker's name and the date 1564 written several times in set hand, I suppose by a secretary
TJames	76
Stanley	G. 16
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/mj062xw5755
Location	MS 471
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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