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|ShortDescription=Latin poem (139 hexametric lines) on Merlin and his prophecies, written by John of Cornwall in the middle of the 12th century in response to Geoffrey of Monmouth’s account of the same subject. In the introduction, John dedicates his work to his patron, Robert Warelwast (d. 1155), bishop of Exeter, or his succcessor Robert of Chichester (d. 1160?), and puts forward the claim that he is drawing on an independent Cornish source for his text. The text is accompanied by a prose commentary, notably including glosses in a variety of Brittonic, possibly Cornish, the origin and nature of which has been subject to some debate. <!--- Stokes, Cornica, RC 3: 85 / Padel, Evidence for oral tales -------------> | |ShortDescription=Latin poem (139 hexametric lines) on Merlin and his prophecies, written by John of Cornwall in the middle of the 12th century in response to Geoffrey of Monmouth’s account of the same subject. In the introduction, John dedicates his work to his patron, Robert Warelwast (d. 1155), bishop of Exeter, or his succcessor Robert of Chichester (d. 1160?), and puts forward the claim that he is drawing on an independent Cornish source for his text. The text is accompanied by a prose commentary, notably including glosses in a variety of Brittonic, possibly Cornish, the origin and nature of which has been subject to some debate. <!--- Stokes, Cornica, RC 3: 85 / Padel, Evidence for oral tales -------------> | ||
|AuthorAuto=John of Cornwall | |AuthorAuto=Id:John of Cornwall | ||
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|Agents=Warelwast (Robert); Robert of Chichester; Bartholomew ... bishop of Exeter | |||
|Roles=Subject:patronage | |||
|Comments=The <i>Venerabilis R. presul Exoniensis<i> addressed in the dedication to the poem is usually taken to refer to either Robert (de) Warelwast, bishop of Exeter (1138–1155), or his successor, Robert of Chichester (1155–c.1160), who is sometimes confused with his namesake. Another suggestion is that <i>R.</i> is, in fact, a copying error for <i>B.</i> and originally referred to Bartholomew, who was bishop of Exeter between 1161 and 1184. The reading given in support of this is a possible allusion to the death of Conan IV, duke of Britanny, in 1171. | |||
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|LanguageAuto=Latin language; | |LanguageAuto=Latin language; | ||
|Date=middle of the 12th century | |Date=middle of the 12th century | ||
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|MS=Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Ott. lat. 1474/ff. 1-4 | |MS=Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Ott. lat. 1474/ff. 1-4 | ||
|comments=Unique copy of the text, with marginal and interlinear glosses. | |||
|folio=1r-4r | |folio=1r-4r | ||
|MS title=Johannis Cornubiensis Prophetia Merlini | |MS title=Johannis Cornubiensis Prophetia Merlini | ||
|incipit=Venerabilis R(oberte) Presul Exoniensis [preface] … Eure, tuum nostris extyrpat germen ab hortis [poem] … Eure et cetera [commentary] | |incipit=Venerabilis R(oberte) Presul Exoniensis [preface] … Eure, tuum nostris extyrpat germen ab hortis [poem] … Eure et cetera [commentary] | ||
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