A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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ID
https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/N.Vincent.Inscr
Title
Verses on a reliquary of St Vincent made by King Cnut
Language
Latin
Place
Abingdon
Edited
J. Stevenson, Historia Monasterii de Abingdon I, pp. 433-4
Metre
hexameter
Comments
Æthelwine, abbot of Abingdon, 1018-30; Cnut, king, 1017-35
Bibliography
  • T.A. Heslop, ‘The production of de luxe manuscripts and the patronage of King Cnut and Queen Emma,’ ASE 19 (1990): 151-95, at 182-3; see Dodwell, Anglo-Saxon Art, pp. 7, 25; and R. Gem, ‘On recession,’ pp. 45-6 (apud Heslop)
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N.Vincent.Inscr

N.Vincent.Inscr 1. [the cresting] [the cresting]
caesura pattern: 3f | 4m | 4d, fs: 3\2, pat: SSDS
N.Vincent.Inscr 2. Rex Cnut hanc thecam, necnon Ælfgiva regina Rex Cnut hanc thecam, necnon Ælfgiua regina
caesura pattern: 2m | 4m | 4f, fs: 3\3, pat: DSSD
N.Vincent.Inscr 3. Cudere iusserunt; bis centum necne decemque Cudere iusserunt; bis centum necne decemque
fs: 2\3, pa: c, oa: c, ma: Y, pat: SSSD, q: Q
N.Vincent.Inscr 4. Coctos igne chrison mancosos atque viginti Coctos igne chrison mancosos atque uiginti
caesura pattern: 2m | 3m | 4d, fs: 3\2, pat: DSSS
N.Vincent.Inscr 5. Necne duas libras argenti pondere magno. Necne duas libras argenti pondere magno.
N.Vincent.Inscr 6. [the base] [the base]
N.Vincent.Inscr 7. Istud Ædelwini patris sub tempore domni Istud Ædeluuini patris sub tempore domni
N.Vincent.Inscr 8. Martiris est Vincentii cub honore peractum Martiris est Vincentii cub honore peractum