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Scottish Medieval Bibliography

Literature

Last updated 2 Jan 2002

These are only a few of the online and paper published works of medieval Scottish literature. All electronic texts are complete except were noted.

Scots Language

These poems are in Middle Scots (a language related to Middle English).

• John Barbour (c. 1320-1395)

  • Barbour, John. The Bruce. Edited with translation and notes by A. A. M. Duncan. Edinburgh: Canongate Classics, 1997. Original edition, written circa 1375, surviving manuscript from 1489. Amazon.com - Amazon.co.uk
    The complete epic poem with the original text in Early Scots (a language related to Middle English) and a facing page modern English prose translation. It also has extensive notes about the text, mainly of an historical nature, by the retired Professor of Scottish History at the University of Glasgow. The Bruce was written circa 1375; this edition is based on one of only two surviving manuscript copies, the Edinburgh or "E" manuscript of 1489.

    Though Barbour was not 100% accurate in his telling of the story (his primary goal was entertainment), this work is still a major source of information about Robert Bruce, having been written less than half a century after Bruce's death, as well as about medieval attitudes towards him. (Interestingly enough, William Wallace is not mentioned even once in Barbour's poem!) Combined with A.A.M. Duncan's historical notes, it is also a valuable example of how modern historians approach medieval sources. This book is a real bargain, weighing in at 792 pages yet costing only a penny or two per page.

    What appears to be the Scots text from this edition is available online at the STARN Scots Teaching And Research Network website: The Brus

  • Barbour, John. The Brus [WWW]. STARN: Scots Teaching and Resource Network, n.d. [cited 2002]. Available from http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/SESLL/STELLA/STARN/poetry/BRUS/contents.htm. Original edition, written circa 1375. (added 18 Mar 2000)

• Robert Henryson (c. 1430-c. 1506 or c. 1460-1520, depending on which website you read...)

  • Henryson, Robert. The Minor Poems of Robert Henryson [WWW]. Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library, Nov 1995 [cited 2 Jan 2002]. Available from http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=HenMino&images=images/modeng&data=/lv1/Archive/mideng-parsed&tag=public. Original edition, circa 1480. (added 8 May 1997)

  • ———. The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian [WWW]. Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library, 10 Feb 1994 [cited 2 Jan 2002]. Available from http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=HenFabl&images=images/modeng&data=/lv1/Archive/mideng-parsed&tag=public. Original edition, 1450. (added 8 May 1997)

  • ———. Orpheus and Eurydice [WWW]. Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library, Jan 1994 [cited 2 Jan 2002]. Available from http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=HenOrph&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/lv1/Archive/mideng-parsed. Original edition, circa 1480. (added 8 May 1997)

  • ———. The Testament of Cresseid [WWW]. The Online Medieval and Classical Library, 5 Jan 1996 [cited 2 Jan 2002]. Available from http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Cresseid/cresseid.html. Original edition, 1480. (added 8 May 1997)

  • ———. The Testament of Cresseid [WWW]. Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library, Jan 1994 [cited 2 Jan 2002]. Available from http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=HenCres&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/lv1/Archive/mideng-parsed. Original edition, 1480. (added 8 May 1997)

• William Dunbar (1460?-1520?)

  • Dunbar, William. The Tretis of the Twa Mariit Women and the Wedo [WWW]. Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library, Jan 1994 [cited 2 Jan 2002]. Available from http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=DunMari&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/lv1/Archive/mideng-parsed. Original edition, 1508. (added 8 May 1997)

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