A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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ID
https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/JOHNSAX.Xpist.Acrost
Author
John the Old Saxon
Title
Prayer to Christ
Language
Latin
Form
acrostic, telestic
Edited
M. Lapidge, 'Some Latin Poems as Evidence for the Reign of Athelstan', Anglo-Saxon England 9 (1981), 61-98, at 82; MGH PLAC iv, 1028
Time
c.900
Listed
ICL 302
Metre
hexameter
MSS
Bern, Burgerbibl. 671
Bibliography
  • Lindsay, Early Welsh Script, p. 10; Keynes & Lapidge, Alfred the Great
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JOHNSAX.Xpist.Acrost

JOHNSAX.Xpist.Acrost 1. Admiranda mihi mens est transcurrere gestA. Ammiranda mihi mens est transcurrere gestA.
caesura pattern: 2f | 3m | 4m, fs: 4\2, pa: m, pat: SDSS
JOHNSAX.Xpist.Acrost 2. Es erce astrifera, cito sed reddes arbiter indE Es erce astrifera, cito sed reddes arbiter indE
pat: Q, q: X
JOHNSAX.Xpist.Acrost 3. – Lex etiam ut docuit typice, portendere faede – L – Lex etiam ut docuit typice, portendere faede – L
caesura pattern: 2m | 3m | 4m, fs: 4\2?, e: ms, pat: DDDS
JOHNSAX.Xpist.Acrost 4. Flagrantice simul moles mundi arserit igne. F Flagrantice simul moles mundi arserit igne. F
caesura pattern: 2f | 3m | 4m, fs: 4\2?, ca: m, pa: m, ma: Y, e: h?, pat: SDSS
JOHNSAX.Xpist.Acrost 5. Rex, formasti. His sed melius gnarum, optime, flammis R Rex, formasti. His sed melius gnarum, optime, flammis R
fs: 4\2, ca: rf, pa: rf, ma: Y, e: hm, pat: SSDS, q: X
JOHNSAX.Xpist.Acrost 6. Eripis – atque chaos uincens, Christe, ipse necasti – E Eripis – atque chaos uincens, Christe, ipse necasti – E
caesura pattern: 2f | 3m | 4m, fs: 3\3?, ca: c, pa: c, ma: Y, e: ?h, pat: DDSS
JOHNSAX.Xpist.Acrost 7. Diuino super astra frui per secula uultu. D Diuino super astra frui per secula uultu. D
caesura pattern: 2m | 3f | 4m | 4d, fs: 3\2?, ca: sf, pa: sf, oa: f, ma: Y, e: ?, pat: SDDS