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ID
https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/CVTHBERTH.Epit
Author
Cuthbert, bishop of Hereford (736-740), archbishop of Canterbury (740-758)
Title
Epitaph for a common tomb of nobles and bishops at Hereford
Language
Latin
Place
Hereford
Edited
M. Lapidge, 'Some Remnants of Bede's Lost Liber epigrammatum', English Historical Review 90 (1975), 798-820, at 813
Time
736-740
Listed
ICL 13354
Metre
hexameter
MSS
lost; known from GP p. 299 and Leland
Description
burial of six persons in a tomb
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CVTHBERTH.Epit

CVTHBERTH.Epit 1. Qui quondam extiterant famosi late per orbem, Qui quondam extiterant famosi late per orbem,
caesura pattern: 2m? | 3m | 4d, fs: 1\2, pa: c, e: m, pat: SDSS
CVTHBERTH.Epit 2. corpora sena tenet horum hic marmor adumbrans, corpora sena tenet horum hic marmor adumbrans,
caesura pattern: 2f | 3m | 4d?, fs: 2\3, pa: h, pat: DDSS
CVTHBERTH.Epit 3. tumbaque mirifico presens fabricata decore tumbaque mirifico presens fabricata decore
caesura pattern: 3m | 4m, fs: 4\3, pat: DDSD
CVTHBERTH.Epit 4. desuper exculpto cohibet cum culmine tecta. desuper exculpto cohibet cum culmine tecta.
caesura pattern: 3m | 4m | 4d, fs: 3\2, ca: c, ta: c, pa: c, ma: Y, pat: DSDS
CVTHBERTH.Epit 5. hos ego Cudbertus sacri successor honoris hos ego Cudbertus sacri successor honoris
caesura pattern: 3m | 4m, fs: 3\3, ca: hs, pa: hs, ma: Y, pat: DSSS
CVTHBERTH.Epit 6. inclusi tumulis, exornavique sepulchris. inclusi tumulis, exornauique sepulchris.
caesura pattern: 2m | 3m, fs: 5\3, pat: SDSS
CVTHBERTH.Epit 7. pontifices ex his ternos sacra infula cinxit: pontifices ex his ternos sacra infula cinxit:
caesura pattern: 2m | 3m | 4m, fs: 4\2?, e: ?, pat: DSSS
CVTHBERTH.Epit 8. Torthere, Walstod[e] et Tyrhtil sunt nomina, quorum Torthere, Vualstod[e] et Tyrhtil sunt nomina, quorum
caesura pattern: 3m | 4m | 4d, fs: 3\2, pa: t, e: ?, pat: DSSS
CVTHBERTH.Epit 9. regulus est quartus Milfrith, cum coniuge digna regulus est quartus Milfrith, cum coniuge digna
caesura pattern: 2m | 3m | 4m | 4d, fs: 3\2, ca: c, ta: c, pa: c, ma: Y, pat: DSSS
CVTHBERTH.Epit 10. Quenburga; exstitit e senis haec ordine quinta. Quenburga; exstitit e senis haec ordine quinta.
caesura pattern: ‿ḗxstĭtĭt ḗ | sēnī́s | haēc | ṓrdĭnĕ quī́nta. | 2m? | 3m | 4m, fs: 4d, sa: 3\2, ta: c, oa: c, ma: c, ha: Y, h: ?, q: SDSS
CVTHBERTH.Epit 11. sextus praeterea est Oshelmi filius Osfrith: sextus praeterea est Oshelmi filius Osfrith:
caesura pattern: 3m | 4d, fs: 3\2, pat: SDSS
CVTHBERTH.Epit 12. en quorum claudit tumba hic corpora sena. en quorum claudit tumba hic corpora sena.
caesura pattern: 2m | 3m | 4d?, fs: 3\2, ca: c, ta: c, pa: c, ma: Y, pat: SSSS