A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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ID
https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/N.Bonifat.Epist.Octo
Title
Octosyllables
Language
Latin
Rhyme
mostly assonant; l. 4 does not rhyme
Edited
MGH Epist III, p. 386, n. 2; Tangl, Bonifatii et Lullii Epistolae, p. 222
Listed
ICL no. 17061; WIC 20106
Metre
octosyllabic line; trochaic clausula; l. 3 syllable lacking
MSS
Würzburg, theol. f. 17
Description
connected somehow with Boniface mission: see Tangl, p. 222, n.
Bibliography
  • Nürnberger, Aus der literarischen Hinterlassenschaft des h. Bonifatius, p. 40
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N.Bonifat.Epist.Octo

N.Bonifat.Epist.Octo 1. Venit uictor uincens mundum; Venit uictor uincens mundum;
N.Bonifat.Epist.Octo 2. Rumpit regnum Romanorum. Rumpit regnum Romanorum.
N.Bonifat.Epist.Octo 3. Fert famem [et] frangit Romam Fert famem [et] frangit Romam
N.Bonifat.Epist.Octo 4. Aufert aurum [et] argentumque. Aufert aurum [et] argentumque.