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Animals in Early English Ecclesiastical Literature, 650–1500

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2020

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The chief general fact we need notice concerning the animals appearing in our ecclesiastical literature between 650 and 1500 is their double responsibility, to God and man. Toward God their duty is accomplished when, like the birds of St. Francis, they have duly rendered to Him their chorus of praise and thanksgiving. Man they must serve, first, as examples; second, as illustrations to his reflective mood of spiritual truth; third, by direct personal ministration to him.

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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 1913

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page 368 note 2 Jacob's Well, pt. i, p. 35, lines 13-21, ed. by Dr. Arthur Brandeis, London, 1900. (E. E. T. S., 115.)

page 368 note 3 Ibid., pp. 197-199.

page 369 note 1 Poems of William of Shoreham, p. 127, lines 13-15, re-ed. by M. Konrath, London, 1902. (E. E. T. S., Ex. Ser. 86.)

page 370 note 1 The Myroure of Oure Ladye, pp. 207-208, ed. by J. H. Blunt, London, 1873. (E. E. T. S., Ex. Ser. 19.)

page 370 note 2 Ancren Riwle, p. 132, ed. by James Morton, London, 1853. (Camden Society, 57.)

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page 370 note 4 Cursor Mundi, pt. iii, lines 18639-18660, ed. by Richard Morris, London, 1876. (E. E. T. S., 62.)

page 371 note 1 Ezek., ch. i, 5-10.

page 371 note 2 Ormulum, lines 5830-5831, ed. by Robert Meadows White, Oxford, 1852.

page 371 note 3 Ibid., lines 5838-5841.

page 371 note 4 Early South English Legendary, p. 224, lines 153-174, ed. by Carl Horstmann, London, 1887. (E. E. T. S., 87.)

page 371 note 5 Dan Michel's Ayenbite of Inwyt, pp. 61, 224, ed. by Richard Morris, London, 1866. (E. E. T. S., 23.)

page 371 note 6 Ibid., p. 61.

page 372 note 1 Jacob's Well, pt. i, p. 117, lines 17-19, ed. by Dr. Arthur Brandeis, London, 1900. (E. E. T. S., 115.)

page 372 note 2 Altengl. Sprachp., 1 bd. 1 abth., p. 262, lines 109-114, ed. by Eduard Mätzner, Berlin, 1867.

page 372 note 3 Ælfric's Lives of Saints, pt. iv, p. 324, lines 154-157, ed. by W. W. Skeat, London, 1900. (E. E. T. S., 114.)

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page 373 note 4 Old English Martyrology, p. 182, lines 2-8, re-ed. by George Herzfeld, London, 1900. (E. E. T. S., 116.)

page 374 note 1 Ibid., p. 38, lines 20-23.

page 374 note 2 Of God and His Creatures …. translation …. of the Summa Contra Gentiles of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Bk. iii, ch. 91, pp. 251-252, by Joseph Rickaby, S. J., St. Louis, Mo., 1905.

page 374 note 3 Ibid., Bk. iv, ch. 33, pp. 354-355.

page 374 note 4 Old English Martyrology, p. 216, lines 28-30, re-ed. by George Herzfeld, London, 1900. (E. E. T. S., 116.)

page 375 note 1 Ibid., p. 62, lines 7-9.

page 375 note 2 Early South English Legendary, p. 67, lines 455-461, ed. by Carl Horstmann, London, 1887. (E. E. T. S., 87.)

page 376 note 1 Prosalegenden, ed. by C. Horstmann in Anglia, viii, p. 174, lines 12-17.

page 376 note 2 Ibid., lines 19-25.

page 376 note 3 Ezek., ch. i, 6-10.

page 376 note 4 Ormulum, lines 5885, 5888-5889, ed. by Robert Meadows White, Oxford, 1852.

page 377 note 1 Old English Martyrology, p. 66, lines 17-20, re-ed. by George Herzfeld, London, 1900. (E. E. T. S., 116.)

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page 378 note 2 Cursor Mundi, pt. iv, lines 23226-23232, ed. by Richard Morris, London, 1877. (E. E. T. S., 66.)

page 378 note 3 Cursor Mundi, pt. ii, lines 11608-11609, ed. by Richard Morris, London, 1875. (E. E. T. S., 59.)

page 378 note 4 Cursor Mundi, pt. iv, lines 23231-23232, ed. by Richard Morris, London, 1877. (E. E. T. S., 66.)

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page 378 note 6 The XI Pains of Hell, in An Old English Miscellany, p. 67, line 271, ed. by Richard Morris, London, 1872. (E. E. T. S., 49.)

page 378 note 7 Ibid., p. 224, line 60.

page 378 note 8 Ibid., p. 154, line 245.

page 378 note 9 The Revelation to the Monk of Evesham, ch. 33, p. 75, in English Reprints, ed. by Edward Arber, London, 1869.

page 378 note 10 Ibid., ch. 41, p. 85.

page 378 note 11 The XI Pains of Hell, in An Old English Miscellany, p. 215, lines 145-148, ed. by Richard Morris, London, 1872. (E. E. T. S., 49.)

page 379 note 1 Ibid., p. 212, line 54.

page 379 note 2 Ibid., p. 149, lines 81-89.

page 379 note 3 The Mirror of the Periods of Man's Life, in Hymns to The Virgin and Christ, p. 70, lines 397-398, ed. by F. J. Furnivall, London, 1867. (E. E. T. S., 24.)

page 379 note 4 Ibid., p. 77, lines 597-599.

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page 380 note 2 The Revelation to the Monk of Evesham, ch. 21, p. 51, in English Reprints, ed. by Edward Arber, London, 1869.

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page 380 note 6 L. Dudley, The Egyptian Elements in the Legend of the Body and Soul, pp. 47-48, Baltimore, 1911.

page 380 note 7 Ibid., pp. 28-29.

page 380 note 8 Ibid., p. 116.

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page 381 note 2 The Invention of the Holy Cross, in Legends of the Holy Rood, p. 159, ed. by Richard Morris, London, 1871. (E. E. T. S., 46.)

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page 382 note 2 Orlogium Sapientiœ, ed. by K. Horstmann in Anglia, x, p. 363, lines 9-10.

page 382 note 3 Jacob's Well, pt. i, pp. 138-139, ed. by Arthur Brandeis, London, 1900. (E. E. T. S., 115.)

page 382 note 4 Cleanness in English Alliterative Poems, p. 79, line 1484, ed. by R. Morris, London, 1864. (E. E. T. S., 1.)

page 383 note 1 Ælfric's Lives of Saints, p. 58, lines 126-131, ed. by W. W. Skeat, London, 1881. (E. E. T. S., 76.)

page 383 note 2 Cursor Mundi, pt. ii, lines 11985-12002, ed. by Richard Morris, London, 1875. (E. E. T. S., 59.) See, also, Gospel of Thomas.

page 383 note 3 Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, vol. i, p. 376, ed. by Benjamin Thorpe, London, 1844.

page 383 note 4 Ibid., i, pp. 376-378.

page 383 note 5 Ibid., i, p. 570.

page 384 note 1 Cleanness in English Alliterative Poems, p. 52, lines 528-539, ed. by Richard Morris, London, 1864. (E. E. T. S., 1.)

page 384 note 2 Cursor Mundi, pt. iii, lines 15961-15998, ed. by Richard Morris, London, 1876. (E. E. T. S., 62.)

page 384 note 3 Ibid., pt. ii, line 7407-7411, ed. 1875. (E. E. T. S., 59.)

page 384 note 4 Ibid., lines 6615-6636.

page 385 note 1 The XI Pains of Hell, in An Old English Miscellany, p. 152, lines 183-186, ed. by Richard Morris, London, 1872. (E. E. T. S., 49.)

page 385 note 2 Patience, in English Alliterative Poems, pp. 96-98, ed. by Richard Morris, London, 1864. (E. E. T. S., 1.)

page 385 note 3 Verœ Historiœ in Luciani Samosatensis Opera iv, pp. 274-322, ed. by J. T. Lehman, Lipsiae, 1823.

page 385 note 4 Cursor Mundi, pt. ii, lines 11608-11618, ed. by Richard Morris, London, 1875. (E. E. T. S., 59.)

page 385 note 5 Ancren Riwle, p. 206, ed. by James Morton, London, 1853. (Camden Society, 57.)

page 386 note 1 Old English Martyrology, pp. 44-46, re-ed. by George Herzfeld, London, 1900. (E. E. T. S., 116.)