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https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/N.Abingdon.Obit
Title
Metrical obits from Abingdon
Language
Latin
Metre
elegiac couplet
MSS
CCCC 57 (Abingdon, s. x/xi), f. 52v (a), f. 63v (b), f. 68r (c)
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N.Abingdon.Obit

(a) iv Kal. Apr. (29 March) (Æthelstan, abbot of Abingdon 1044-7)

N.Abingdon.Obit a 1. Æþelstanus obiit, [noster] uenerabilis abba, Æþelstanus obiit, [noster] uenerabilis abba,
pat: Q, q: X
N.Abingdon.Obit a 2. Quem Deus in celi culmine constituat. Quem Deus in celi culmine constituat.
ca: [, pa: [, ma: Y, pat: Q, q: X

(b) ii Id. Iun. (12 June)

N.Abingdon.Obit b 1. [. . .] requiescit in hoc poliandro [. . .] requiescit in hoc poliandro
pat: Q, q: X
N.Abingdon.Obit b 2. [. . .] [n]omine clarisono. [. . .] [n]omine clarisono.
pat: Q, q: X
N.Abingdon.Obit b 3. [. . .] aderat ceu mistica lampas [. . .] aderat ceu mistica lampas
pat: Q, q: X
N.Abingdon.Obit b 4. [. . .]us moribus egregius. [. . .]us moribus egregius.
pat: Q, q: X
N.Abingdon.Obit b 5. [Idibus secundis] Iunii carnalia liquit [Idibus secundis] Iunii carnalia liquit
ca: c, ta: t, pa: tfcm, ma: Y, pat: Q, q: X
N.Abingdon.Obit b 6. [. . .]s scandit ad astra poli [. . .]s scandit ad astra poli
ca: (j, ta: j, pa: (j, ma: Y, pat: Q, q: X
N.Abingdon.Obit b 7. [Note that the phrase ceu mistica lampas also occurs in the epitaph for Archbishop Ælfric in the Antwerp MS (see C13.doc)] [Note that the phrase ceu mistica lampas also occurs in the epitaph for Archbishop Ælfric in the Antuuerp MS (see C13.doc)]
ca: c, ta: c, pa: c, ma: Y, pat: Q, q: X

(c) iv Id. Iul. (12 July)

N.Abingdon.Obit c 1. Idibus qui quar[tis] dimisit ponder[a carnis] Idibus qui quar[tis] dimisit ponder[a carnis]
caesura pattern: 3m, fs: 2\2, pat: DSS
N.Abingdon.Obit c 2. Presbiter Ælfr[icus] frater et ipse bon[us]. Presbiter Ælfr[icus] frater et ipse bon[us].