Sermons; references, proverbs and short tales, arranged by preaching topic; excerpts from classical and patristic authorities; extracts from long poems in French and English, including Hélinant de Froidmont’s Les vers de la mort and the Proverbs of Alfred; short lyrics in English and French; Latin prayers. The table of preaching topics is laid out with space left for references to be added, additions, annotations and cross-references added by several scribes over time, irregular page size and quality, vertical crease down pages suggests unbound, folded circulation; by early s.xiv, MS may have been at the Hospital of St John, Northampton (hospital’s accounts added to MS).
GB-MAmm A. 13
Maidstone Museum, Maidstone, England
monophonic song leaf in a larger MS: 13th century
| Archive | Maidstone Museum, Maidstone, England (GB-MAmm) |
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| Shelfmark | A. 13 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Measurements | 270 x 195 mm |
| Provenance |
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| Contents | Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous. |
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Sources of British Song 1150-1300
Project Collection · 35 sources
GB-MAmm A. 13
Current source
‡ denotes primary source study
Deeming, Helen. 2009. French Devotional Texts in Thirteenth-century Preachers' Anthologies. Language and Culture in Medieval Britain: The French of England, c.1100-c.1500, edited by Helen Deeming, 254-65. Woodbridge: York Medieval Press in association with Boydell Press.
Dean, Ruth J. 1999. Anglo-Norman Literature: A Guide to Texts and Manuscripts. London: Anglo-Norman Text Society. Pages: pp. 335, 429-430.
Page, Christopher. 1976. A Catalogue and Bibliography of English Song from Its Beginnings to c1300. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 13: 67-83. Pages: p. 74.
Ker, Neil R. 1969-1992. Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries. 4 vols. Oxford. Pages: vol.3, pp.317-321.
Ker, Neil R. 1964. Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, vol. 3. London. Pages: pp.135-158.
Brown, Carleton. 1926. A Thirteenth-Century Manuscript at Maidstone. Modern Language Review, 21: 1-12.
Brown, Carleton. 1926. The Maidstone Text of the ‘Proverbs of Alfred'. Modern Language Review, 21: 249-260.
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Helen Deeming, 2011
Monday, 23 January, 2017
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