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Saint Dunstan was of England I-come of good more
Life of St. Dunstan in the South English Legendary —
couplets
Title(s):
South English Legendary
Subjects: saints’ lives; Dunstan, saint, life of
Versification: —
two-line —
aa
Bibliographic Ghosts: Southwell, Southwell Cathedral Library 7, f. 193: prose.
Manuscript Witnesses:
2.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Ashmole 43 (SC 6924), ff. 80
v-83
First Lines:SEyn dunston was of engelond icome of gode more
Miracle our lord
dude uor him ar he were ibore…
Last Lines:…Swete lord seynt dunston þat oure erchebiscop were
Bryng
ous to þe Ioie of heuene as angles þi soule bere
Attributed Title: syn dounston (f. 80v)
3.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 779 (SC 2567), ff. 85
v-87
v
First Lines:Seint donston was of ingelond I come of gode more
meraklis oure lord
dede for hym ar he were I bore…
Last Lines:…& wente to þe ioye þat neuer ne chal mysse
Now
Ihesu for þyn holy name graunt vs þat ilke blisse
Attributed Title: Seint donston þe bischop (f. 85v)
4.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Eng. poet. a.1 (SC 3938) [Vernon MS], ff. 30
vb-31
rb
First Lines:SEint Dunston was of Engelonde i come of goode more
Miracle vr lord
dude for him ȝit he was vnbore…
Last Lines:…Now swete lord seint Dunston þat vre Erchebisschop
were
Bring vs to þe Ioye of heuene as Angels þi soule bere. 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.
Editions:
Horstmann, Carl.
“Die Legenden von St. Dunstan und St. Christopher aus MS. Laud
108.”
Jahrbuch für romanische und englische Sprache und
Literatur
14 (1875): 32-41: 32-5 (lines 107-160).
Horstmann, Carl,
ed.
The Early South-English Legendary.
EETS
o.s. 87 (1887; repr. 1987): 19-24 (lines 107-160).
5.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Laud misc. 108 (SC 1486), f. 29
v
Editions:
Horstmann, Carl.
“Die Legenden von St. Dunstan und St. Christopher aus MS. Laud
108.”
Jahrbuch für romanische und englische Sprache und
Literatur
14 (1875): 32-41: 32-5.
Horstmann, Carl,
ed.
The Early South-English Legendary.
EETS
o.s. 87 (1887; repr. 1987): 19-24.
6.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Laud misc. 463 (SC 1596), ff. 50
rb-51
va
First Lines:SEint Donston was of engelond come of gret more
Miracle oure lord
dide for him er he were y bore…
Last Lines:…Nou swete lord seint donston þat oure erchebisshop
were
bring vs to þe ioye of heuene as þe angels þi soule
bere
Note: Two columns per page, one full-line, the other half-line.
7.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Laud misc. 108 (SC 1486), ff. 29
v-30
*
First Lines:Seint Dunston was of enguelonde icome of guode more
Miracle ore
louerd dude for him þe ȝuyt he was unbore…
Last Lines:…And is endedai [ ]
An holi þoresdai [ ]
He liet him
clep[ ]
His men þat h[ ]…
Note: Stub, numbered f. 30*, all that is left of lost folio; ends
imperfectly.
8.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Tanner 17 (SC 9837), ff. 107
v-110
First Lines:SEint dunstan was of Ingelond & come of good more
Meraclis oure
lord dide for him or he were I bore…
Last Lines:…Swete lord seint dunston þat oure erchebischop
were
Bringe vs to þe ioye of heuyn as aungellis þi soule
bere
10.Source: Oxford, Trinity College 57, ff. 46-48
First Lines:Seint Donston was of engelonde y come of guode more
Meracle oure
lord dude for him er he were y bore…
Last Lines:…Now swete lord seint Dunston þat oure erchebischop
were
Bringe vs to þe ioye of heuene as angeles þy soule
bere
Attributed Title: Vita sancti Dunstani (rubric marginal heading by scribe, f. 46)
11.Source: Cambridge UK, Corpus Christi College 145, ff. 77-79
v
First Lines:Sein donston was of engelond icome of gode more
Miracle oure louerd
dude for him ar he were ibore…
Last Lines:…Nou swete louerd sein donston þat oure erchebissop
were
Bringe us to þe ioie of heuene as angles þine soule
bere
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: 1.204-11.
12.Source: Cambridge UK, King’s College 13, Part II, ff. 44
v-46
v
First Lines:SEint Dunston was in Engelonde icome of gode more
Miracles oure lord
dude for him ȝut ar he were y bore…
Last Lines:…Now seint Dunston þat oure erchebisshop her were
Bring vs
to þilke ioie þat aungeles þi soule to bere
13.Source: Cambridge UK, Magdalene College Pepys 2344, pp. 288-293
First Lines:Seint Dunston was in Engelonde ycome of goed more
Miracles oure lord
dude ffor him ar he were ybore…
Last Lines:…Now Seint Dunston þat oure Erchebisschop her were
Bryng
vs to þulke ioye þat aungeles þi soule bere
Attributed Title: Dunstanus (RT)
14.Source: Cambridge UK, Trinity College R.3.25 (605), ff. 63
v-65
v
First Lines:SEint dunston was of englonde y come of goud more
Miracle oure lord
dud for hym ar he were y bore…
Last Lines:…Now swete lord seint dunston þat oure erchebischop
were
brynge ous to þat Ioie þer angles þy saule
bere
Attributed Title: Dunston (RT)
15.Source: London, British Library Addit. 10301, ff. 90
v-93
First Lines:SEin Donston was of engelond y come of gode more
Miracle oure lorde
dude for him as he were y bore…
Last Lines:…Nou swete lorde sein donston þat oure erche bissop
were
Bring vs to þe Ioye of heuene as angeles þy soule
bere
Attributed Title: De sancto Dunstano (f. 90v, by scribe in margin beside
first line); Donstane (RT)
17.Source: London, British Library Egerton 1993, ff. 151
v-154
First Lines:Seint Dunston was of engelonde icome of god more
Miracle oure lord dude for him ar he were ibore…
Last Lines:…Now swete lord seint dunston þat oure erthe bisichop were
Bring vs to þat ioie þat angles þi soule to bere
Note: Ends ‘Amen’ (f. 154).
20.Source: London, British Library Harley 2277, f. 51
Note: Ends imperfectly.
Editions:
Furnivall, Frederick James.
Early English Poems and Lives of Saints.
Transactions of the London Philological Society
1858; Pt. 2, Berlin, 1862: 34-40.
Mätzner, Edouard Adolf Ferdinand.
Altenglische Sprachproben, I: Poesie.
Berlin: Wiedmann, 1867: 1.171.
Bad Key: Morris1892-94: 19 (lines 1-92).
21.Source: London, Lambeth Palace Library 223, ff. 122
v-124
v
First Lines:SAynt Dunstan was of Englond of gode kynne ycore
God wroȝt for
hym myracle long er he was bore…
Last Lines:…Now swete lord saynt Dunstan þat Erch bisshop was
here
Þou lede vs to þe ioye of heuen þer angels þi soule
bere. Amen
Attributed Title: Saynt Dunstan (RT)