A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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ID
https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/LAVRENCE.Orat.Acrost
Title
Verses on the Anglo-Saxon scribe Laurentius
Language
Latin
Form
acrostic: Lavrentius Vivat Senio
Edited
Anthologia Latina, ed. F. Buecheler and A. Riese, no. 6a; Lapidge/Sharpe, p. 350: 1308
Listed
CLA VIII.1215; ICL 9131
Metre
hexameter
MSS
Augsburg, Universitätsbibliothek, I.2.4o.2 (Echternach, s. viii in) [= the ‘Maihingen Gospels’], f. 157v
Comments
Also listed under acrostics, H3.doc
Bibliography
  • Evangeliar aus Echternach (Universitätsbibliothek, Augsburg, Cod. I.2.4o.2), ed. D.Ó. Cróinín; Codices Illuminati Medii Aevi (Munich, 1988); see also D.Ó. Cróinín, ‘The Augsburg Gospels,’ in St. Cuthbert, his cult and his community to AD 1200, ed. G. Bonnar, D. Rollason and C. Stancliffe, pp. 189-201, plus the article ibid. by N. Netzer, pp. 203-12
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LAVRENCE.Orat.Acrost

LAVRENCE.Orat.Acrost 1. Lux mundi laeta, Deus, haec tibi celeri cursV Lux mundi laeta, Deus, haec tibi celeri cursV
sa: c, pa: lc, ma: Y, pat: Q, q: X
LAVRENCE.Orat.Acrost 2. Alme potens, scribsi, soli famulatus et unI, Alme potens, scribsi, soli famulatus et unI,
caesura pattern: 2m | 3m | 4m, fs: 1\2, pa: s, pat: DSSD
LAVRENCE.Orat.Acrost 3. Vt te, vita, fruar teque casto inueniam cultV. Vt te, uita, fruar teque casto inueniam cultV.
ca: c, pa: tfc, ma: Y, pat: Q, q: X
LAVRENCE.Orat.Acrost 4. Rectaque per te ad te ducente te gradiar uiA. Rectaque per te ad te ducente te gradiar uiA.
caesura pattern: 3m?, fs: 3\2, ta: t, pa: t, ma: Y, e: s, pat: SSDD, q: X
LAVRENCE.Orat.Acrost 5. Excelse cernis Deus, quae me plurima cingunT Excelse cernis Deus, quae me plurima cingunT
ca: c, ta: c, pa: c, ma: Y, pat: Q, q: X
LAVRENCE.Orat.Acrost 6. Nota et ignota tuis male nata zezania satiS. Nota et ignota tuis male nata zezania satiS.
pa: n, pat: Q, q: X
LAVRENCE.Orat.Acrost 7. Tu sed mihi certa salus spesque unica uitaE Tu sed mihi certa salus spesque unica uitaE
fs: 4\2?, ca: s, ta: s, pa: s, ma: Y, e: s, pat: SSDS, q: X
LAVRENCE.Orat.Acrost 8. Inmeritum licet lucis facias adtingere limeN. Immeritum licet lucis facias attingere limeN.
ca: l, ta: l, pa: l, ma: Y, pat: Q, q: X
LAVRENCE.Orat.Acrost 9. Verba nam tua ualida imis me tollunt AuernI; Verba nam tua ualida imis me tollunt AuernI;
ta: t, oa: vt, ha: Y, q: Q, qc: X
LAVRENCE.Orat.Acrost 10. Sola haec misero mihi te, uitam, dabunt seruulO. Sola haec misero mihi te, uitam, dabunt seruulO.
ca: s, pa: sm, ma: Y, pat: Q, q: X