Title: The passion of St. Lawrence. Epigrams and marginal poems /
Authors: Wireker, Nigellus, approximately 1130-approximately 1200.; Ziolkowski, Jan M., 1956-
Publisher: E.J. Brill,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Wireker, Nigellus, Translations into English.; Laurence, Legends Poetry.; Christian poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) England Canterbury Translations into English.; Epigrams, Latin (Medieval and modern) England Canterbury Translations into English.; Poets, Latin (Medieval and modern) England Canterbury Biography.; Christian poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) Translations into English.; Epigrams, Latin (Medieval and modern) Translations into English.; Poets, Latin (Medieval and modern) Great Britain Biography.
Contents: I. The Canon of Nigel's Writings -- II. Nigel and Canterbury. A. Nigel's Early Years and Name. B. Thomas Becket, Archbishop and Martyr of Canterbury. C. The Monks and the Archbishops. D. The Monks and the Clerks. E. The Literary Consequences of the Canterbury Case -- III. British Library, MS. Cotton Vespasian D. xix. A. Contents and Proximity to Nigel. B. Punctuation, Capitalization, Word Division, and Orthography -- IV. The Passion of St. Lawrence: Passio Sancti Laurentii mart iris -- Appendix One: The Passio Sancti Laurentii martiris and the Passio Polychronii -- Appendix Two: The Passio Sancti Laurentii martiris and the Liturgy -- V. The Epigrams -- VI. Marginal Poems in Cambridge, Trinity College, MS. B. 15. 5 (342) -- Index of Repeated and Stock Hexameter Phrases.