The Complete Harley 2253 Manuscript
Volume 3
Edited and translated by Susanna Fein Translated by David Raybin Translated by Jan Ziolkowski
Paperback (Published)
(February 2015)
ISBN: 9781580441995
7.01 x 10 inches
Price: $39.95
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British Library MS Harley 2253 is one of the most important literary works to survive from the English medieval era. In rarity, quality, and abundance, its secular love lyrics comprise an unrivaled collection. Intermingled with them are contemporary political songs as well as delicate lyrics designed to inspire religious devotion.
Acknowledgments Introduction MS Harley 2253: Texts and Translations Booklet 5 71. Ludlow Scribe, Estoyres de la Bible / Ludlow Scribe, Old Testament Stories 72. Nomina librorum bibliotece / Names of the Books of the Bible Booklet 6 73. God that al this myhtes may / God Who Wields All This Might 74. Lustneth, alle, a lutel throwe / The Sayings of Saint Bernard 75. Le jongleur d'Ely e le roi d'Angleterre / The Jongleur of Ely and the King of England 75a. Les trois dames qui troverunt un vit / The Three Ladies Who Found a Prick 76. Le dit des femmes / The Song on Women 77. Le blasme des femmes / The Blame of Women 78. Nicholas Bozon, Femmes a la pye / Nicholas Bozon, Women and Magpies 79. Un sage honme de grant valour / Urbain the Courteous 80. Talent me prent de rymer e de geste fere / Trailbaston 81. Mon in the mone stond ant strit / The Man in the Moon 82. Le chevaler e la corbaylle / The Knight and the Basket 83. De mal mariage / Against Marriage 84. La gagure, ou L'esquier e la chaunbrere / The Wager, or The Squire and the Chambermaid 85. A bok of swevenyng / A Book of Dreaming 86. Ordre de bel ayse / The Order of Fair Ease 87. Le chevaler qui fist les cons parler / The Knight Who Made Vaginas Talk 88. Of rybauds Y ryme ant red o my rolle / Satire on the Retinues of the Great 89. Mon that wol of wysdam heren / Hending 90. When man as mad a kyng of a capped man / The Prophecy of Thomas of Erceldoune 91. La destinccioun de la estature Jesu Crist Nostre Seigneur / Distinguishing Features of the Bodily Form of Jesus Christ Our Lord 92. Lutel wot hit any mon hou love hym haveth ybounde / The Way of Christ's Love 93. Lutel wot hit any mon hou derne love may stonde / The Way of Woman's Love 94. Enseignements de saint Lewis a Philip soun fitz / The Teachings of Saint Louis to His Son Philip 95. L'enqueste que le patriarche de Jerusalem fist / The Land of the Saracens 96. Les armes des roys / Heraldic Arms of Kings 97. Scriptum quod peregrini deferunt / Letter for Pilgrims on the Relics at Oviedo 98. Legenda de sancto Etfrido, presbitero de Leoministria / The Legend of Saint Etfrid, Priest of Leominster 99. Quy chescun jour de bon cuer cest oreisoun dirra / Prayer for Protection Booklet 7 100. Quant vous levez le matyn / Occasions for Angels 101. Quy velt que Dieu sovyegne de ly / Occasions for Psalms in French 102. Gloria in excelsis Deo en fraunceis / Glory to God in the Highest in French 103. Confiteor tibi, Deus, omnia peccata mea / Prayer of Confession 104. Gloriouse Dame / Prayer on the Five Joys of Our Lady 105. Rex seculorum et Domine dominator / Prayer for Contrition 106. Um doit plus volentiers juner le vendredy / Reasons for Fasting on Friday 107. Quy est en tristour / Seven Masses To Be Said in Misfortune 108. Cely que fra ces messes chaunter / Seven Masses in Honor of God and Saint Giles 108a. Je vous requer, Jaspar, Melchior, e Baltazar / Prayer to the Three Kings 109. Mundus iste totus quoddam scaccarium est / All the World's a Chess Board 109a. Quy chescun jour denz seissaunte jours / Three Prayers That Never Fail 110. Contra inimicos si quos habes / Occasions for Psalms in Latin 111. Seint Hillere archevesque de Peyters ordina ces salmes / Occasions for Psalms Ordained by Saint Hilary of Poitiers 112. Eulotropia et celidonia / Heliotrope and Celandine 113. De interrogandi moribundis beati Anselmi / Saint Anselm's Questions to the Dying 114. Dieu, roy de mageste / Against the King's Taxes 115. Contemplacioun de la passioun Jesu Crist / Seven Hours of the Passion of Jesus Christ 116. De martirio sancti Wistani / The Martyrdom of Saint Wistan Explanatory Notes Textual Notes Appendix: Full Contents of MS Harley 2253 Volume 3: Index of First Lines Volume 3: Index of Manuscripts Cited Volume 3: Index of Proper Names Bibliography, Acknowledgments
Introduction
MS Harley 2253: Texts and Translations
Booklet 5
71. Ludlow Scribe, Estoyres de la Bible / Ludlow Scribe, Old Testament Stories
72. Nomina librorum bibliotece / Names of the Books of the Bible
Booklet 6
73. God that al this myhtes may / God Who Wields All This Might
74. Lustneth, alle, a lutel throwe / The Sayings of Saint Bernard
75. Le jongleur d’Ely e le roi d’Angleterre / The Jongleur of Ely and the King of England
75a. Les trois dames qui troverunt un vit / The Three Ladies Who Found a Prick
76. Le dit des femmes / The Song on Women
77. Le blasme des femmes / The Blame of Women
78. Nicholas Bozon, Femmes a la pye / Nicholas Bozon, Women and Magpies
79. Un sage honme de grant valour / Urbain the Courteous
80. Talent me prent de rymer e de geste fere / Trailbaston
81. Mon in the mone stond ant strit / The Man in the Moon
82. Le chevaler e la corbaylle / The Knight and the Basket
83. De mal mariage / Against Marriage
84. La gagure, ou L’esquier e la chaunbrere / The Wager, or The Squire and the Chambermaid
85. A bok of swevenyng / A Book of Dreaming
86. Ordre de bel ayse / The Order of Fair Ease
87. Le chevaler qui fist les cons parler / The Knight Who Made Vaginas Talk
88. Of rybauds Y ryme ant red o my rolle / Satire on the Retinues of the Great
89. Mon that wol of wysdam heren / Hending
90. When man as mad a kyng of a capped man / The Prophecy of Thomas of Erceldoune
91. La destinccioun de la estature Jesu Crist Nostre Seigneur / Distinguishing Features of the Bodily Form of Jesus Christ Our Lord
92. Lutel wot hit any mon hou love hym haveth ybounde / The Way of Christ’s Love
93. Lutel wot hit any mon hou derne love may stonde / The Way of Woman’s Love
94. Enseignements de saint Lewis a Philip soun fitz / The Teachings of Saint Louis to His Son Philip
95. L’enqueste que le patriarche de Jerusalem fist / The Land of the Saracens
96. Les armes des roys / Heraldic Arms of Kings
97. Scriptum quod peregrini deferunt / Letter for Pilgrims on the Relics at Oviedo
98. Legenda de sancto Etfrido, presbitero de Leoministria / The Legend of Saint Etfrid, Priest of Leominster
99. Quy chescun jour de bon cuer cest oreisoun dirra / Prayer for Protection
Booklet 7
100. Quant vous levez le matyn / Occasions for Angels
101. Quy velt que Dieu sovyegne de ly / Occasions for Psalms in French
102. Gloria in excelsis Deo en fraunceis / Glory to God in the Highest in French
103. Confiteor tibi, Deus, omnia peccata mea / Prayer of Confession
104. Gloriouse Dame / Prayer on the Five Joys of Our Lady
105. Rex seculorum et Domine dominator / Prayer for Contrition
106. Um doit plus volentiers juner le vendredy / Reasons for Fasting on Friday
107. Quy est en tristour / Seven Masses To Be Said in Misfortune
108. Cely que fra ces messes chaunter / Seven Masses in Honor of God and Saint Giles
108a. Je vous requer, Jaspar, Melchior, e Baltazar / Prayer to the Three Kings
109. Mundus iste totus quoddam scaccarium est / All the World’s a Chess Board
109a. Quy chescun jour denz seissaunte jours / Three Prayers That Never Fail
110. Contra inimicos si quos habes / Occasions for Psalms in Latin
111. Seint Hillere archevesque de Peyters ordina ces salmes / Occasions for Psalms Ordained by Saint Hilary of Poitiers
112. Eulotropia et celidonia / Heliotrope and Celandine
113. De interrogandi moribundis beati Anselmi / Saint Anselm’s Questions to the Dying
114. Dieu, roy de magesté / Against the King’s Taxes
115. Contemplacioun de la passioun Jesu Crist / Seven Hours of the Passion of Jesus Christ
116. De martirio sancti Wistani / The Martyrdom of Saint Wistan
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
Appendix: Full Contents of MS Harley 2253
Volume 3: Index of First Lines
Volume 3: Index of Manuscripts Cited
Volume 3: Index of Proper Names
Bibliography
- Edited and translated by Susanna Fein
- Translated by David Raybin
- Translated by Jan Ziolkowski
Other Titles in this Series
Guillaume de Machaut, The Complete Poetry and Music, Volume 1
The Debate Poems: Le Jugement dou Roy de Behaigne, Le Jugement dou Roy de Navarre, Le Lay de Plour
Two Middle English Prayer Cycles
Holkham, "Prayers and Meditations" and Simon Appulby, "Fruyte of Redempcyon"
Sentimental and Humorous Romances
Floris and Blancheflour, Sir Degrevant, The Squire of Low Degree, The Tournament of Tottenham, and The Feast of Tottenham
The Dialogue of Solomon and Marcolf
A Dual-Language Edition from Latin and Middle English Printed Editions
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