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Library:
Shelfmark:
Mun. A. 6. 31
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Content
MS 8009
Chetham's Library
Manchester
Travelling companions:
United Kingdom
Location:
Language:
48r-49r
DSB Title:
Contains Disticha Catonis (Latin) as 5th item with Middle English metrical paraphrase after each distich. The other contents consist largely of Middle English religious lyrics, saints' lives in Middle English, and Middle English romances.
MS Title:
CAT Title:
DSB Author:
Disticha Catonis in Latin, alternating with the English translation of Benedict Burgh
MS Author:
Latin (DC) | Middle English (DC)
CAT Author:
Incipit:
Benedict Burgh, Cato Minor [...] preceded stanza by stanza by the Latin text 'Cum ... ferto amorem. [...]' (per Ker) | "Parvus Cato" (DIMEV no. 6321)
Explicit:
Cum anima aduerterem...When I aduertice in my Remembraunce... (per Ker)
History
whan ye it reed lat not yo[ur] witte be thens / Doth as ye saith with all yo[ur] holle entent / Explicit (per DIMEV no. 6321)
Cato | Benedict Burgh
CAT Date:
after 1473
DSB Date:
MS Date:
Origin:
Scribe:
1473-1500
Provenance:
Additional Information
London, England
Digital reproductions:
Owned by Sir Roger Manwood (1525-92). Later owners were perhaps J. Hardres in 1732 and Bryan Faussett (d. 1776). Sold to Richard Farmer in 1792. Purchased by the library in 1798.
Physical reproductions:
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Transcription:
Bibliography:
Ker, Medieval Manuscripts, pp. 361-64 | Chetham's Library (http://www.chethams.org.uk/digital_resources/digital_main.html)
Notes:
N/A
Contains Disticha Catonis (Latin) as 5th item with Middle English metrical paraphrase after each distich. The other contents consist largely of Middle English religious lyrics, saints' lives in Middle English, and Middle English romances.
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