THE LANGUAGE OF THE CLEOPATRA MS. OF THE ANCREN RIWLE.
1905; De Gruyter; Volume: 1905; Issue: 28 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1515/angl.1905.1905.28.300
ISSN1865-8938
Autores Tópico(s)Classical Philosophy and Thought
Resumo§ 1.The Cleopatra Ms. (Cleopatra C. VI) is included, with the Ms. (Nero A. XIV) from which Morton's text is taken, in the Cottonian Collection of the British Museum.My first intention was to collate Morton's text with the original but, finding a pupil of Prof. Napier already far advanced in that work, I turned my attention to the language of Cleopatra.Since my time was limited, it was a choice between a thorough investigation of part of the Ms., or a hasty examination of the whole.I have chosen the former alternative.The following examples are intended to show that the Cleopatra Ms. differs in dialect from Nero, and that where it differs it coincides in a marked degree with the language of the Katherine Group.§ 2. OE. ce (Merc.Kent.e).The normal representative of this sound in the Katherine Group (K.G.) is e, with occasional ea spellings (
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