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Textus translationis et institutionis monasterii beatae Mildrethae cum miraculorum attestatione; Translatio Sancte Mildrethe Virginis cum Miraculorum Attestatione

Century: 11

Hagiography

Latin

England

INCIPIT

Translationem exposituri gloriosae virginis... (BHL 5961).-- Quidam miles domum cuiusdam nocte irrumpens... (BHL 5964).

EXPLICIT

...ubi certavit requiescit (BHL 5961).-- ...hinc dicamus perpetuo: Gloria in excelsis Deo (BHL 5964).

Goscelinus Sancti Bertini

Sex: M- Bio: monk of Saint Bertin's, 1058 or shortly after he followed bishop Hereman of Wiltshire (+1078) to England and was presumably monk in the monastery of Sherborne, stayed in several other monasteries (e.g.abbey of Canterbury), probably chaplain of the nuns of Wilton; +after 1106 (see Liebermann).-Status author (order, function): Benedictine Monks (OSB)

EDITING

Location:abbey of Saint Augustine, Canterbury - Date:1087-1091 (Rollason), 1089-98 (Sharpe) - Commission: /

SIZE

CONTEXT

ABSTRACT

History of the abbey Minster-in-Thanet since the decease of St Mildreda, second abbess of the abbey (c. 691-700), including the translation of her relics by Aelfstan to St Augustine's abbey in Canterbury in 1030 (Colker, Sharpe)/ 1035 (Barlow, BHL, Hardy, Rollason), and her miracles. BHL 5964 is partly taken from an abridged version of BHL 5961, found in two manuscripts by the editors of AASS.

SOURCES

INFLUENCE

MANUSCRIPTS

London, British Library, Cotton mss., Otho A VIII (Link)
London, British Library, Cotton mss., Vespasianus B XX
London, British Library, Harley mss., 105

TRANSLATIONS

EDITIONS

BARLOW (F.), in The English Historical Review, 73 (1958) 655-656 (fragment)
ROLLASON (D.W.), 'Goscelin of Canterbury's account of the translation and miracles of St Mildrith (BHL 5961/4): an edition with notes', Medieval Studies, 48 (1986) 154-210

LITERATURE

BARLOW (F.), The Life of King Edward who rests at Westminster attributed to a monk of Saint Bertin, Oxford Medieval Texts (Oxford, 1992 2de druk) 133-147
BARLOW (F.), Two Notes: Cnut's Second Pigrimage and Queen Emma's disgrace in 1043, EHR 73 (1958) 649 e.v
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 5961 5964
Bibliotheca Sanctorum, 9 479-482
HAMILTON (T.J.), Goscelin of Canterbury: A Critical Study of his Life, Works and Accomplishments, Ph.D. diss. (University of Virginia, 1973)
HARDY (T.D.), Descriptive Catalogue of materials relating to the history of Great Britain and Ireland, 1, Rerum Britannicarum medii aevi scriptores or Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during the Middle Ages, 26 (Londen, 1862) 379-81, nr. 881 (BHL 5961)
HOLLIS (S.), BARNES (W.R.) (eds.), Writing the Wilton women: Goscelin's Legend of Edith and Liber confortatorius (Medieval women: texts and contexts, 9) (Medieval women: texts and contexts, 9) (Turnhout, 2004)
LIEBERMANN (F.), 'Raginald von Canterbury', in: Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft für ältere deutsche Geschichtskunde 13 (1888) 522-23, 542 e.v
ROLLASON (D.W.), 'Goscelin of Canterbury's account of the translation and miracles of St Mildrith (BHL 5961): an edition with notes', Medieval Studies, 48 (1986) 139-153
SHARPE (R.), 'Goscelin's St Augustine and St Mildreth: Hagiography and liturgy in Context', in: Journal of Theological Studies, NS, 41 (1990) 502-516
SHARPE (R.), 'The Date of St. Mildreth's Translation from Minster-in-Thanet to Canterbury', Mediaeval Studies 53 (1991)
YERKES (D.), Earliest fragments of Goscelin's writings on St. Mildred, Revue Bénédictine 93 (1983) 128-131

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Contributor:
Bea Blokhuis

Update:
2014-03-06 17:05:33