Erthe upon Erthe

About this eBook

Editor

Murray, Hilda M. R., 1875-1951

Title

The Middle English Poem, Erthe Upon Erthe

Credits

Produced by Louise Hope, Charlene Taylor, JackMcJiggins, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500

Category

Text

eBook-No.

33768

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33768

Release Date

September 20, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE MIDDLE ENGLISH POEM, — PRINTED FROM TWENTY-FOUR MANUSCRIPTS, — HILDA M. R. MURRAY
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.INTRODUCTION — The Two Versions of the Poem ‘Erthe upon Erthe’. — MSS. of the Poem ‘Erthe upon Erthe’. — The A Version. — The B Version. — The Cambridge Text. — Origin and Growth of the Poem. — Later Versions of the Poem. — Literary Interest. — Editor’s Note.
4. 4.THE MIDDLE ENGLISH POEM ERTHE UPON ERTHE. — I. A VERSION. — 1. MS. Harleian 2253. c. 1307. — 2. MS. Harleian 913. c. 1308-1330. — II . B VERSION. — 1. William Billyng’s MS. c. 1400-1430 ?. — 2. MS. Thornton. c. 1440. — 3. MS. Selden Supra 53. c. 1450. — 4. MS. Egerton 1995. c. 1430-1450. — 5. MS. Harleian 1671. 15th century. — 6. MS. Brighton . 15th century. — 7. Stratford-on-Avon Inscription. 15th century. — 8. MS. Rawlinson C. 307. c. 1460. — 9. MS. Harleian 4486. 15th century. — 10. MS. Lambeth 853. c. 1430-1450. — 11. MS. Laud Misc. 23. Before 1450. — 12. MS. Cotton Titus A. xxvi. 15th century. — 13. MS. Rawlinson Poetical 32. After 1450. — 14. MS. Porkington 10. 15th century. — 15. MS. Balliol 354. Before 1504. — 16. MS. Harleian 984. 16th century. — 17. The Maitland MS. ( Pepysian MS. 2553 , p. 338.) c. 1555-1585. — 18. John Reidpeth’s MS. Cambr. Univ. Libr. Ll. 5. 10. — III. THE CAMBRIDGE TEXT. — Cambridge Univ. Libr. Ii. 4. 9. 15th century.
5. 5.NOTES. — ANALOGUES. — APPENDIX I. — Record Office Roll (Ex r . K. R. Parl. Proc., Bdle. 1). — APPENDIX II. — B Version 19. MS. Trinity College Cambridge R. 3. 21. — B Version 20. MS. Trinity College Cambridge B. 15. 39.
6. 6.GLOSSARY.
7. 7.ADDENDA

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