The Vernon (Bodleian Library, MS. Eng. Poet. a. 1)
Written: circa 1390-1400 around northern Worcestershire (perhaps near Bordesley Abbey, a Cistercian house). View the manuscript contents.
Transcription
Read the transcription of the "A Disputacion betwene že Bodi and že Soule."
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Contents
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Folio Title
i-iiir Indexiiiv-viii Information ad Sororem Suam
Section 1: The Lives of Saints
1 South English Legendary88r Vernon Golden Legendary
Section 2: Devotions to Mary105ra La Estoirie del Evangelie en engleis (incomplete)112v prayers (in verse)113v Psalm 50/51114rb prayers and devotions in verse124rb Miracles of Our Lady (incomplete)134v Pentitential Psalms, prayers, etc. (missing)135v The Gospels (missing)
Section 3: Homilies and Religious Instruction167r Augmented Midland Version of the Expanded N. Homily Cycle227vc 'Hou a man schal lyue parfytly'230rc 'The visions of seynt Poul'231ra 'The Pope (St. Gregory's) trental'231va 'Pater noster in a table ypeynted'231va Speculum Vitae265rc The Prick of Conscience284ra 'The Prikke of loue'286rc A Disputacion betwene þe Bodi and þe Soule287rc Lamentation of B.V.M. to St. Bernard288vc Disputation between Good Man & Devil291vb On hell, the planets & heavens293rc The Castle of Love296va Ypotis297vc Shorter hortatory poems & prayers300rc Robert of Sicily301rc Disputation between Jesus & Masters301vc Disputation between Christian & Jew302va 'How mon scholde here hys masse'303vc The golden trental (repeat)304rc Sayings of St. Bernard304vb The King of Tars307rb Proverbs of Prophets309va Parvus & Magnus Cato314rb The Stations of Rome315vc Disputation between Mary & the Cross317ra The Pistyl of Susanne317vb The Long Charter of Christ
Section 4: Continued Devotional319ra Stimulus Amoris in Eng. Prose (Prickyng of Love)334ra Nine points most pleasing to God334ra 'Unkuynde mon' in rhyming couplets334ra The Commandment334vb The Form of Perfect Living338ra Ego Dormio339ra 'Qui habitat' : Pslam 90/91 expounded341vb 'Bonum est' : Pslam 91/92 expounded343ra The Scale of Perfection Bk. 1353va Epistle of Mixed Life356rb The Mirror of St. Edmund359vb The Abbey of the Holy Ghost361vb The Charter of the Abbey363vb De Spiritu Guidonis366vb Form of general confession367vb A talking of the Love of God371vb Ancrene Riwle / Roule of Reclous392rb The pins of sin & joys of heaven393rb The Life of Adam & Eve394vb Piers Plowman A-text (incomplete)402 Joseph of Arimathea (incomplete)404vb Judas & Pilate
Section 5: Lyrics407ra The Vernon Lyrics