Colophon to the Hanover Gospels University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/N.EadwigBasan.Coloph Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Library of Congress Subject Headings Latin Poems Colophon to the Hanover Gospels
Pro scriptore precem ne tempnas fundere, pater: Librum istum monachus scripsit Eaduuius cognomento Basan sit illi longa salus Vale seruus Dei N et memor esto mei. [‘Do not disdain, Father, to pour forth a prayer for the scribe. The monk Eadwig, with the surname Basan, wrote this book. May long-lasting health be his. Farewell servant of God, n[ame], and be mindful of me’ Gameson, ODNB]