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ID
https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/THEODORE.Xpist.Octo
Author
Archbishop Theodore
Title
Octosyllabic Prayer to Christ
Language
Latin
Rhyme
internal assonant
Edited
Analecta Hymnica 51, p. 301 (no. 230); A.B. Kuypers, The Prayer Book of Aedeluald (Cambridge, 1902), p. 132
Time
676 x 690
Listed
ICL, no. 2283
Metre
octosyllabic line; trochee; medial caesura; natural stress coincides with the ictus
MSS
CUL Ll.1.10, f. 66v. (? Mercia, s. ix 1)
Bibliography
  • W. Meyer, Gesammelte Abhandlungen vol. III, p. 399; M. Lapidge, ‘The school of Theodore and Hadrian,’ ASE 15 (1986), pp. 45-71, at 47; D. Howlett, ‘Hellenic learning in Insular Latin: an essay on supported claims’, Peritia 12 (1998): 54-78; and ‘Hiberno-Latin syllabic poems in the Book of Cerne’, Peritia 15 (2001): 1-21; M. Gretsch and H. Gneuss, ‘Anglo-Saxon glosses to a Theodorean poem?’ (2005) pp. 9-46, at p. 26
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THEODORE.Xpist.Octo

THEODORE.Xpist.Octo 1. Christum peto, Christum preco Christum peto, Christum preco
THEODORE.Xpist.Octo 2. Christo reddo corde laeto Christo reddo corde laeto
THEODORE.Xpist.Octo 3. gratis, homo, imo fono, gratis, homo, imo fono,
THEODORE.Xpist.Octo 4. uti latro tetro metro uti latro tetro metro
THEODORE.Xpist.Octo 5. pendens ligno petit regno pendens ligno petit regno
THEODORE.Xpist.Octo 6. fore, uiso paradiso fore, uiso paradiso
THEODORE.Xpist.Octo 7. in †clalisso† in abysso in †clalisso† in abysso
THEODORE.Xpist.Octo 8. hoste truso ac deluso. hoste truso ac deluso.
THEODORE.Xpist.Octo 9. Sic et ego quantum queo Sic et ego quantum queo
THEODORE.Xpist.Octo 10. manus Deo leuo meo, manus Deo leuo meo,
THEODORE.Xpist.Octo 11. quo cum †reuo† fruar eo. quo cum †reuo† fruar eo.
THEODORE.Xpist.Octo 12. †Gignans† chio patri pio †Gignans† chio patri pio
THEODORE.Xpist.Octo 13. fletus riuo quando uiuo. fletus riuo quando uiuo.
THEODORE.Xpist.Octo 14. Sarcem turno pauli culmo Sarcem turno pauli culmo
THEODORE.Xpist.Octo 15. uti uideo stirpem limeo uti uideo stirpem limeo