London Thornton Manuscript Explained
The London Thornton Manuscript is a medieval manuscript compiled and copied by the fifteenth-century English scribe and landowner Robert Thornton. The manuscript was long considered a miscellany, but is more properly called a collection of spiritual texts.[1]
Contents
- Wynnere and Wastoure (unique)
- The Parlement of the Ages (only complete copy)
- The Sege of Melayne (unique)
- The Four Leaves of the Truelove (one of two extant copies)
- Rowland and Otuel
- "Have Mercy of Me" (Psalm 51)
- alliterative rendering of Psalm 51. Since at least two leaves are missing, translation breaks off after l. 134; a complete version would have had more than 240 lines.[2]
- The Virtues of the Mass
References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Fein. Susanna Greer. 'Haue Mercy of Me' (Psalm 51): An Unedited Alliterative Poem from the London Thornton Manuscript. Modern Philology. 1989. 86. 3. 223–41. 10.1086/391701. 161094763 .
- Thompson. John J.. Lincoln Cathedral Library MS. 91: Life and Milieu of the Scribe. Studies in Bibliography. 1979. 32. 158–79.
- Keiser. George R... More Light on the Life and Milieu of Robert Thornton. Studies in Bibliography. 1983. 36. 111–19.
- Book: Thompson, John J.. Robert Thornton and the London Thornton manuscript: British Library MS Additional 31042. 1987. D.S. Brewer. 978-0-85991-190-0.
Notes and References
- Keiser 177.
- Fein 225.
