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John the Old Saxon Verses addressed to Prince Athelstan

Author: John the Old Saxon
Title: Verses addressed to Prince Athelstan
CLASP Abbreviation: JOHNSAX.Æthelstan.Vers

Literary Bibliography

Michael Lapidge, "Some Latin Poems as Evidence for Reign of Athelstan", in Anglo-Latin literature, 900–1066 (London: Hambledon, 1993) pp. 49–86, p. 66
Robert Gallagher, 'Latin Acrostic Poetry in Anglo-Saxon England: Reassessing the Contribution of John the Old Saxon', Medium Ævum 86 (2017), 249-275

Manuscripts

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson C. 697

Folios: f. 78v
Date: ix^3/4
Origin: NE France
Provenance: England (Glastonbury?), Bury St. Edmunds
Gneuss-Lapidge number: 661

Bibliography

English Benedictine libraries: the shorter catalogues, ed. Richard Sharpe et al., Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, 4 (London: The British Library in association with The British Academy, 1996).