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https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/N.Stigand.Inscr
Title
Verses on a Cross made and dedicated by Stigand, bishop of Winchester, archbishop of Canterbury (1052-70)
Language
Latin
Place
Winchester/Canterbury ?
Edited
M. Lapidge, ‘Artistic and literary patronage in ASE,’ Anglo-Latin Literature 600-899, 1996, pp. 37-92 at 71
Time
c. 1050
Metre
hexameter
MSS
Cotton Galba A.xviii; but the poem is no longer found in the MS, and is known only from T. Smith’s record of it (Catalogue of MSS in the Cottonian Library 1696, ed. C.G.C. Tite, Cambridge 1984, p. 12)
Comments
One might think that the Cross, and hence the poem, pertained to Christ Church, Canterbury; but note that Stigand held Winchester in plurality with Canterbury
Bibliography
  • M. Lapidge
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N.Stigand.Inscr

N.Stigand.Inscr 1. [In folio versus finem hosce versus characteribus Saxonicis descriptos reperi:] [In folio uersus finem hosce uersus characteribus Saxonicis descriptos reperi:]
fs: 3\2, ca: s, ta: s, pa: s, oa: s, ma: Y, pat: DSDS, q: Q
N.Stigand.Inscr 2. Suppositae trabi superest crux sanctior omni, Suppositae trabi superest crux sanctior omni,
caesura pattern: 3m | 4d, fs: 2\3, sa: s, ca: s, ta: s, pa: cs, oa: s, ma: Y, pat: DSSD
N.Stigand.Inscr 3. corpora sanctorum cui plurima sancta supersunt. corpora sanctorum cui plurima sancta supersunt.
ca: c, pa: c, ma: Y, pat: Q, q: Q
N.Stigand.Inscr 4. Hoc crucis signo nos protege, Christe redemptor! Hoc crucis signo nos protege, Christe redemptor!
caesura pattern: 2m | 3m | 4m | 4d, fs: 3\2, pa: s, pat: SSSS
N.Stigand.Inscr 5. Sic fecit praesul Stigand in nomine Christi Sic fecit praesul Stigand in nomine Christi
caesura pattern: 2f | 3m | 4m | 4d, fs: 2\3, ca: r, pa: cr, ma: Y, pat: SDDS
N.Stigand.Inscr 6. hic qui corde rogat, ueniam te dante reportet. hic qui corde rogat, ueniam te dante reportet.
ca: f, ta: csbwfthrp, pa: [csbwfthrmp, ma: Y, pat: Q, q: Q
N.Stigand.Inscr 7. [‘This Cross, more sacred than anything else, stands above the supporting beam, above which are found the several holy relics of saints [in the cross-reliquary]. Protect us with the sign of this Cross, O Christ our Redeemer! Bishop Stigand constructed it in the name of Christ in such a way that whoever prays here in his heart may receive forgiveness at Your bequest’ Lapidge, p. 71, fn. 109] [‘This Cross, more sacred than anything else, stands aboue the supporting beam, aboue uuhich are found the seueral holy relics of saints [in the cross-reliquary]. Protect us uuith the sign of this Cross, O Christ our Redeemer! Bishop Stigand constructed it in the name of Christ in such a uuay that uuhoeuer prays here in his heart may receiue forgiueness at Your bequest’ Lapidge, p. 71, fn. 109]