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ID
https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/N.Æthelweard.Coloph
Title
On Aldhelm
Language
Latin
Place
Malmesbury
Edited
M.R. James, A Descriptive Catalogue of the MSS of the CCCC, 2 vols., Cambridge, 1909-12, I, p. 44; M. Lapidge, ‘Artistic and literary patronage in ASE,’ Anglo-Latin Literature 600-899, 1996, pp. 37-92 at 47, fn. 31
Time
s. x ex
Listed
ICL 7404; WIC 8599
Metre
hexameter
MSS
CCCC 23 (CaCC?, s. x ex; provenance Malmesbury), f. ii v (addition of s. xi)
Comments
If Aedhelmus = Aldhelmus, the MS is probably from Malmesbury. There were two abbots named Æthelweard: one c. 982, the other 1033/4-c. 1043/4. James opts for the latter. Could be a layman, however
Bibliography
  • http://parkerweb.stanford.edu/parker/actions/manuscript_description_long_display.do?ms_no=23
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N.Æthelweard.Coloph

N.Æthelweard.Coloph 1. Hunc quicumque librum Aedhelmo depresseris almo Hunc quicumque librum Aedhelmo depresseris almo
caesura pattern: 2f | 3m? | 4m, fs: 4\2, e: m, pat: SDSS
N.Æthelweard.Coloph 2. damnatus semper maneas cum sorte malorum. damnatus semper maneas cum sorte malorum.
caesura pattern: 2m | 3m | 4m | 4d, fs: 2\3, ca: sm, pa: sm, ma: Y, pat: SSDS
N.Æthelweard.Coloph 3. Sit pietate Dei sine, qui uel portet ab isto Sit pietate Dei sine, qui uel portet ab isto
caesura pattern: 2f | 3m | 4m | 4d, fs: 1\2, pa: sp, ma: Y, pat: DDDS
N.Æthelweard.Coloph 4. coenobio librum Aedhelmi, hunc uel uendere temptet. coenobio librum Aedhelmi, hunc uel uendere temptet.
caesura pattern: 3m? | 4m?, fs: 3\2, ca: v, pa: v, ma: Y, e: mh, pat: DSSS, q: X
N.Æthelweard.Coloph 5. Qui legis inscriptos uersus, rogitare memento Qui legis inscriptos uersus, rogitare memento
caesura pattern: 3m | 4m, fs: 4\3, pat: DSSD
N.Æthelweard.Coloph 6. Christum ac in requie semper dic, ‘Vivat Aðelwerd!’ Christum ac in requie semper dic, ‘Viuat Aðeluuerd!’
caesura pattern: 2m | 3m | 4m | 4d, fs: 2\2, pat: DDSS, q: Q
N.Æthelweard.Coloph 7. qui dedit hunc thomum Aedhelmo; pro quo sibi Christus qui dedit hunc thomum Aedhelmo; pro quo sibi Christus
caesura pattern: | prō | quṓ sĭbĭ chrī́stus | 2m | 3m? | 4m, fs: 4d, sa: 2\2, ta: c, pa: c, oa: c, ma: c, ha: Y, h: m, q: DSSS
N.Æthelweard.Coloph 8. munera larga ferat largitor crimina laxans! munera larga ferat largitor crimina laxans!
caesura pattern: 2f | 3m | 4d, fs: 3\2, ca: l, ta: l, pa: l, oa: l, ma: Y, pat: DDSS