A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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ID
https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/N.Colophon.Octo
Title
Colophon (probably) in octosyllables
Language
Latin
Rhyme
assonant
Listed
not in ICL
Metre
ll. 1-3 octosyllabic, l. 4 heptasyllabic; ll. 1, 3, 4 trochaic clausula, l.2 dactylic clausula
MSS
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud Misc. 263, f. 65v
Comments
Is this verse? If the various hexametrical versions of the same idea, ICL nos. 16451-2: ‘Tres digiti scribunt et totum corpus laborat’
Bibliography
  • CLA Suppl. 1400 (with plate illustrating the words, plus colophon of Willibaldus diaconus)
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N.Colophon.Octo

N.Colophon.Octo 1. Scriptori uita aeterna Scriptori uita aeterna
N.Colophon.Octo 2. Legenti pax perpetua; Legenti pax perpetua;
N.Colophon.Octo 3. Tres quidem digiti scribunt, Tres quidem digiti scribunt,
N.Colophon.Octo 4. Tota membra laborant. Tota membra laborant.