DIMEV 5549
IMEV 3516
NIMEV 3516
Then had Herod received the crown
Gospel, In festo sanctorum Innocentium, in the ‘expanded’
Northern Homily Cycle
Note: For another version see
338.
Title(s):
Northern Homily Cycle
Subjects: sermon texts, Gospel; Holy Innocents
Versification: —
two-line —
aa
Manuscript Witnesses:
1.Source: London, British Library Cotton Tiberius E.VII, Part I, ff. 115
vb-118
ra
First Lines:Þan had herod resayued þe crowne
With realte and grete renowne…
Last Lines:…twa hundreth stades was þe space
fra þare he died vnto þat place
Note: After rubric title, Latin text, “Angelus deum aperuit.”
Attributed Title: Sanctorum Innocencium martyrorum Euangelium secundum Matheum (rubric, f. 115vb)
2.Source: London, British Library Harley 4196, ff. 24
rb-29
va
First Lines:Þan had herod resayued þe crowne
With realte & with grete renowne…
Last Lines:…Twa hundreth stades was þe space
ffra þare he died vnto þat place
Note: Preceded by Latin, “Angelus domini aperuit & cetera.”
Attributed Title: Sanctorum innocencium martyrum Euangelium secundum Matheum (rubric, f. 24rb)
Editions: Nevanlinna, Sara.
The Northern Homily Cycle: The Expanded Version in MSS Harley 4196 and Cotton Tiberius E.vii.
3 vols.
Memoires de la Societé Neophilologique de Helsinki.
Helsinki. 38 (1972); 41 (1973); and 43 (1984): I.231-243.