Textual errors in Serlo of Bayeux’s poem about the capture of Bayeux

Current editions of Serlo of Bayeux’s poem about the capture of Bayeux in 1105 contain numerous errors. The most important editions are those of Wright and Brial; I therefore focus on their editions in this article. I provide an example of an error in the Latin text printed by Wright, which probably...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moreed Arbabzadah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: OpenEdition 2017-12-01
Series:Tabularia
Subjects:
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/tabularia/2951
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1841557324184944640
author Moreed Arbabzadah
author_facet Moreed Arbabzadah
author_sort Moreed Arbabzadah
collection DOAJ
description Current editions of Serlo of Bayeux’s poem about the capture of Bayeux in 1105 contain numerous errors. The most important editions are those of Wright and Brial; I therefore focus on their editions in this article. I provide an example of an error in the Latin text printed by Wright, which probably results from the incorrect interpretation of a gloss. I then turn to Brial’s editions and provide some examples of various types of error in his works. I then discuss errors common to Brial and Wright and propose solutions. Finally, I discuss an unsolved problem.
format Article
id doaj-art-a436035c81d04ad492241d1ec40f09df
institution Kabale University
issn 1630-7364
language English
publishDate 2017-12-01
publisher OpenEdition
record_format Article
series Tabularia
spelling doaj-art-a436035c81d04ad492241d1ec40f09df2025-01-06T13:08:49ZengOpenEditionTabularia1630-73642017-12-0110.4000/tabularia.2951Textual errors in Serlo of Bayeux’s poem about the capture of BayeuxMoreed ArbabzadahCurrent editions of Serlo of Bayeux’s poem about the capture of Bayeux in 1105 contain numerous errors. The most important editions are those of Wright and Brial; I therefore focus on their editions in this article. I provide an example of an error in the Latin text printed by Wright, which probably results from the incorrect interpretation of a gloss. I then turn to Brial’s editions and provide some examples of various types of error in his works. I then discuss errors common to Brial and Wright and propose solutions. Finally, I discuss an unsolved problem.https://journals.openedition.org/tabularia/2951Serlo of Bayeuxcapture of BayeuxLatin verseLeonine hexametersrhymemanuscript BL Cotton Vitellius A. xii
spellingShingle Moreed Arbabzadah
Textual errors in Serlo of Bayeux’s poem about the capture of Bayeux
Tabularia
Serlo of Bayeux
capture of Bayeux
Latin verse
Leonine hexameters
rhyme
manuscript BL Cotton Vitellius A. xii
title Textual errors in Serlo of Bayeux’s poem about the capture of Bayeux
title_full Textual errors in Serlo of Bayeux’s poem about the capture of Bayeux
title_fullStr Textual errors in Serlo of Bayeux’s poem about the capture of Bayeux
title_full_unstemmed Textual errors in Serlo of Bayeux’s poem about the capture of Bayeux
title_short Textual errors in Serlo of Bayeux’s poem about the capture of Bayeux
title_sort textual errors in serlo of bayeux s poem about the capture of bayeux
topic Serlo of Bayeux
capture of Bayeux
Latin verse
Leonine hexameters
rhyme
manuscript BL Cotton Vitellius A. xii
url https://journals.openedition.org/tabularia/2951
work_keys_str_mv AT moreedarbabzadah textualerrorsinserloofbayeuxspoemaboutthecaptureofbayeux