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ID
https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/N.IohSoph.Epit
Title
Epitaph of Iohannes sophista (John the Old Saxon?)
Language
Latin
Edited
N.E.S.A. Hamilton, Willelmi Malmesbiriensis Monachi Gesta Pontificum Anglorum (London, 1870), p. 394; William of Malmesbury, Gesta regum, ii.122; the Letter to Peter (Stubbs i.cxlvi)
Time
x ?
Listed
ICL 2573; WIC 2866, 2869, 3127
Metre
hexameter
MSS
lost
Description
here lies the learned John
Bibliography
  • M. Cappuyns, Jean Scot Erigène, sa vie, son oeuvre, sa pensée (Louvain/Paris, 1933), pp. 252-60 ; ML, ASE 9 (1980), 79
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N.IohSoph.Epit

N.IohSoph.Epit 1. Clauditur in tumulo sanctus sophista Iohannes Clauditur in tumulo sanctus sophista Iohannes
caesura pattern: 2m | 3m | 4m, fs: 3\3, ca: s, pa: s, ma: Y, pat: DDSS
N.IohSoph.Epit 2. qui ditatus erat iam uiuens dogmate miro; qui ditatus erat iam uiuens dogmate miro;
sa: 3\2, ta: d, oa: d, ha: Y, q: SDSS
N.IohSoph.Epit 3. martyrio tandem Christi conscendere regnum martyrio tandem Christi conscendere regnum
caesura pattern: 2m | 3m | 4m, fs: 4\2, ca: c, pa: c, ma: Y, pat: DSSS
N.IohSoph.Epit 4. quo meruit regnant sancti per secula cuncti. quo meruit regnant sancti per secula cuncti.
caesura pattern: 2m | 3m | 4m | 4d, fs: 3\2, ca: cs, pa: cs, oa: c, ma: Y, pat: DSSS