The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records: A Collective Edition. Vol. 5. The Paris Psalter and the Meters of Boethius

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The most extensive collection of Anglo-Saxon metrical translations of the Psalms is contained in the manuscript commonly known as the Paris Psalter. This manuscript is preserved in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, its catalogue number being Fonds Latin 8824. The surviving Anglo-Saxon versions of the "De Consolatione Philosophiae" of Boethius are contained in two parchment manuscripts, MS. Cotton Otho A.vi, in the British Museum, dating from the second half of the tenth century, and MS. Bodley 180, in the Bodleian Library, dating from the beginning of the twelfth century, and in a paper transcript, MS. Junius 12, in the Bodleian Library, made from the two parchment manuscripts by Franciscus Junius in the latter part of the seventeenth century. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION A. THE PARIS PSALTER I. The Manuscript II. The Numbering of the Psalms and Verses III. Capitalization, Punctuation and Abbreviation IV. Date and Authorship VII. Bibliography B. THE METERS OF BOETHIUS I. The Manuscripts II. Authorship, Date and Source III. Tables 1. CONTENTS OF THE PAGES OF THE COTTON MANUSCRIPT 2. SMALL CAPITALS IN THE COTTON MANUSCRIPT IV. Bibliography 1. COMPLETE TEXTS 2. PARTIAL TEXTS 3. TRANSLATIONS 4. CRITICAL DISCUSSIONS THE METRICAL PSALMS OF THE PARIS PSALTER THE METERS OF BOETHIUS NOTES ABBREVIATIONS IN THE NOTES NOTES ON THE PARIS PSALTER NOTES ON THE METERS OF BOETHIUS