DIMEV 4535
IMEV 2843
NIMEV 2843
Saint Aldhelm the confessor was a man of noble life
Life of St. Aldhelm in the South English Legendary —
couplets
Title(s):
South English Legendary
Subjects: Aldhelm, saint, life of; saints’ lives
Versification: —
two-line —
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Manuscript Witnesses:
1.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Ashmole 43 (SC 6924), ff. 83-84
First Lines:SEyn Aldelm þe confessour was man of noble lyue
Ibore he was in
engelond þe kynges broþer sone Iue…
Last Lines:…Nou bidde we ȝerne seynt aldelm þat he our erande bere
so
þat we mote to þe Ioie come þat he is on ido
Attributed Title: synt Aldelm (f. 83)
2.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 779 (SC 2567), ff. 87
v-88
v
First Lines:Seint aldelme þe confessour was man of noble lyue
I bore he was
in ingelond þe kynges broþir sone yue…
Last Lines:…Now bidde we ȝerne syre aldelme oure erande to bere
so
Þat we mote to þe ioye come þer he is in I do
Attributed Title: Seynt aldelme þe confessour (f. 87v)
3.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 779 (SC 2567), ff. 204-204
v
First Lines:Seint aldhelme þe confessour was man of noble lyue
I bore he
was in ingelonde þe kingis broþer sone yue…
Last Lines:…Now bidde we ȝerne seint aldelme þat he oure erande bere
so
þat we moot to þe opye come þat he is in Ido
Note: Second occurrence in MS.
Attributed Title: Seint aldelme þe confessour (f. 204)
4.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Eng. poet. a.1 (SC 3938) [Vernon MS], ff. 31
rb-31
va
First Lines:Seint Aldelm þe Confessour was mon of goode lyue
I boren he was
in Engelond þe kyngus broþur sone yue…
Last Lines:…Nou bidde we God and seint Aldelm vr erende þat heo do
so
Þat we mote to þe Ioye come þat he is Inne i do.
A.M.E.N.
Facsimiles:
Doyle, I. A.,
ed.
The Vernon Manuscript. A Facsimile of Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Eng.
poet.a.1,
with an introduction by A. I. Doyle. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1987.
Scase, Wendy, and Nick Kennedy, eds.
A facsimile edition of the Vernon manuscript: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Eng. Poet. A. 1.
Oxford: The Bodleian Library, 2011.
5.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Laud misc. 463 (SC 1596), ff. 51
va-52
rb
First Lines:SEint Aldelm þe confessour was man of noble liue
y bore he was
in engelond þe kinges broþer Iue…
Last Lines:…Nou bidde we Yerne seint Aldelm oure erand bere so
þat we
mote to þe ioye come þat he is inne y do
Note: Two columns per page, one full-line, the other half-line.
6.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Tanner 17 (SC 9837), ff. 110-111
First Lines:SEint aldelin þe confessour was a man of noble lyue
Bore he was
in Ingelond þe kingis broþeris sone yue…
Last Lines:…Bidde we ȝerne seint aldlin oure arende to bere
so
þat we mote come to þe ioye þat he is Inne I
do
7.Source: Oxford, Trinity College 57, f. 48
First Lines:Seint Aldelme þe Confessour was man of noble lyue
I bore he was
in Engelond þe kynges broþer yue…
Last Lines:…Now bidde we ȝerne seint aldelm oure erande bere
so
Þat we mote to þe ioye come þat he ys ynne y
do
Attributed Title: vita sancti aldelmi (f. 48, to left, rubric, by scribe)
8.Source: Cambridge UK, Corpus Christi College 145, ff. 79
v-80
v
First Lines:Seint Aldelm þe confessour was man of noble liue
Ibore he was
in engelond þe kinges broþer sone yue…
Last Lines:…Ich rede þat king & bissop þer of take gode
sone
Nou bidde we Yeorne seint aldelm oure erende bere so
Þat we
mote to þe ioie come þat he is on ido
Editions: D’Evelyn, Charlotte, and A. J. Mill, eds.
The South English Legendary: Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS. 145
and British Museum MS. Harley 2277, with variants from Bodley MS. Ashmole 43 and
British Museum MS. Cotton Julius D.ix.
EETS
o.s. 235 (1959), 236 (1956); repr. 1967: 1.211-14.
9.Source: Cambridge UK, King’s College 13, Part II, ff. 46
v-47
v
First Lines:SEint Aldelme þe confessour was man of good line
I bore he was
in Engelonde in þe kinges tyme yne…
Last Lines:…Now bidde we ȝerne seint Aldhelm oure erande to bere
so
Þat we mote to þe ioie come þat he is on i do
10.Source: Cambridge UK, Magdalene College Pepys 2344, pp. 293-295
First Lines:Seint Aldelm þe confessour was man of goede lyue
ybore he was
in Engelonde in þe kynges tyme yue…
Last Lines:…Now bidde we ȝeome Seint Audelm oure erande to bere
so
Þat we more come to þe ioye þat he is ynne ydo
Attributed Title: Aldelmus (RT)
11.Source: Cambridge UK, Trinity College R.3.25 (605), ff. 65
v-66
v
First Lines:SEint aldelme þe confessoure was man of goud lyf
bore he was in
englonde þe kinges broþer sone yue…
Last Lines:…Now bydde we seint aldelm oure erand bere so
Þat we mot
to þe Ioie come þat he is on ydo
Attributed Title: Aldelme (RT)
12.Source: London, British Library Addit. 10301, ff. 93-96
First Lines:SEint Aldelm þe confessor was man of noble lyne
I bore he was
in engelond þe kynges broþer sone yne
Last Lines:…Now pray we ȝerne Seint Austin þat to cristendom vs
broȝte
þat we to þe Ioye come to wan oure lorde vs
boȝte
Attributed Title: De sancto Aldelme (f. 93, by scribe in margin beside first line);
Aldelmo (RT)
14.Source: London, British Library Egerton 1993, ff. 155
v-156
v
First Lines:Seint Aldelm þe confessour was mon of gode liue
Bore he was in engelond þe kinges broþer sone yue…
Last Lines:…Now bidde we god and seint Aldelim oure erude to bere so
Þat we mote to ioie come þat he is in ido
Note: Ends ‘Amen’ (f. 156v).