A partial study of "The early South-English legendary, or Lives of saints"; MS. Laud, 108, in the Bodleian Library

Setzler, Edwin Lake

A partial study of "The early South-English legendary, or Lives of saints"; MS. Laud, 108, in the Bodleian Library 184 views

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Setzler, Edwin Lake, , University of Virginia

Abstract

A study of the grammar and dialect (vowel changes) of the "Early South-English Legendary" and of the certain peculiarities of this manuscript. This is not a complete study of the lives in the manuscript. This is an intensive study of every word in a selected passage of 500 lines of the manuscript covering the following stories: "St. Mathew", "St. Leger", "St. Fey",  "St. Endlevene Þousend of Virgines", and eight lines of "St. Katerine".

Degree

MA (Master of Arts)

Keywords

Early South-English legendary; English language--Middle English, 1100-1500

Language

English

Rights

NoC-US (No Copyright - United States)

Issued Date

1924-01-01

Persistent Link

https://doi.org/10.18130/m217-5b44

Suggested Citation

Setzler, Edwin Lake. A partial study of "The early South-English legendary, or Lives of saints"; MS. Laud, 108, in the Bodleian Library. University of Virginia, , MA (Master of Arts), 1924-01-01, https://doi.org/10.18130/m217-5b44.

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