Fontes Anglo-Saxonici

single immediate source

certain

and þa cerdon … dæges and nihtes

c.6.1-7.13

Comment:: Olibrius's consultation with his advisors (ch.7, 1-3) and his reference to Margaret's great pride (ch.7, 5-6) do not appear in extant variants of the Passio but are paralleled in the separate 'Rebdorf' Latin version of the legend (printed in ASS Iul, 5, 33-39).
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c.1.1-2.14

post passionem … a domino coronatis

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

efter drihtnes þrowunge … swiðe gelæred man

c.1.1-2.2

Comment:: The OE version appears to follow a no-longer extant variant of the Passio with an abbreviated form of ch.2, in which Theotimus would have been introduced not, as in all other variants, as the first-person narrator of the story, but in the third person.
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c.3.1-8

beatissima autem … domino iesu christo

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

and þær on lande … wel geþeah

c.3.1-7

Comment:: The OE version appears to follow a no-longer extant variant of the Passio, which, in this chapter, presented Theodosius as king rather than high priest, and Theotimus as rescuing Margaret, bringing her up and giving her her name, when she is cast out by her father.
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c.4.1-5

erat autem … inmaculatam custodiuit

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

ðis eadiga mæden … min soþe lufu

c.4.1-28

Comment:: The OE version appears to follow a no-longer extant variant of the Passio, having an expanded form of ch.4, including, distinctively, a speech by Margaret to the people, an account of the persecution of Christians, and a prayer by Margaret.
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c.5.1-23

pascebatque … in manus impiorum

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

ða gewearð hit … gehelp þu me

c.5.1-22

Comment:: The detail, at the beginning of this chapter, that Margaret spent her time spinning (line 2), is unique to the OE version, but may go back to the variant of the Passio used as a source.

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c.7.9-17

praefectus dixit … sibi me consignauit

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

olibrius þa cwæð … bliðelice þrowian

c.7.13-23

Manuscript:: London, British Library MS Harley 5327
Comment:: The verb 'tosindrian' (c.7.15) reflects the Latin 'dispergam' as in MS Harley 5327 (printed by Assmann 1889, 208-220, line 93).
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c.8.1-10.5

tunc iussit olibrius … pene perpetuae

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

ða het se gerefa … eall þu eart full

c.8.1-10.6

Manuscript:: London, British Library MS Harley 5327
Comment:: The allocation of the speech at the beginning of ch.10 to Olibrius instead of Margaret (lines 1-2) is presumably due to a corrupt reading in the source MS, having 'praefectus' for 'praefecto'. This MS would also have had 'patris tui' (as in MS Harley 5327, printed by Assmann 1889, 208-220, line 128).
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c.9

si corpus meus … cum iustis uirginibus requiescit

Anon (OE Martyrology)

multiple analogue (one of two or more analogues)

ða cwæð marina … mid þæm halgum fæmnum

2.142.11-13

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c.10

sed ideo carnem meam trado … sit in caelis

Anon (OE Martyrology)

multiple analogue (one of two or more analogues)

ða cwæð marina … mid þæm halgum fæmnum

2.142.11-13

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c.10.5-25

tunc iratus praefectus … ante omnes

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

and þu scealt … to wundre gewurðan

c.10.6-19

Comment:: Margaret's reference to the ninth hell of malice (c.10.7) may have been inherited from the particular variant of the Passio used as source, but is perhaps more likely to be the OE writer's contribution. The same, uncommon, concept appears in the Old English homily 'In uigilia ascensionis', also in CCCC 303, pp.223-6 (printed by Bazire and Cross 1982, 62-64)
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c.10.25-28

beata margareta respondit … sit in caelis

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

seo eadiga margareta … fram þe generod

c.10.19-22

Comment:: The inconsequential OE reading 'þonne scealt þu inne þæt wallende pic to hellewite' (ch.10.20-21) [the sense requires that Margaret should here be speaking of herself, not Olibrius], doubtless derives from a corruption in the Latin source MS.
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c.11.1-12.3

tunc iratus olibrius … orationes eius scribebat

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

ða wearð se gerefa … on godes bocum

c.11.1-12.3

Comment:: In recounting at the beginning of ch.12 that Theotimus spoke to Margaret, as well as bringing her bread and water (lines 1-2), and that Margaret took the water but not the bread (lines 2-3), the OE version appears to follow a no-longer extant variant of the Passio.
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c.12.3-22

ecce subito … me quaerit

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

and hit þa færunge … fæste mote gebinden

c.12.3-17

Comment:: The OE version appears to follow a no-longer extant variant of the Passio, which, at the beginning of ch.12, immediately identifies as a devil the dragon which assails Margaret.
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c.13.1-6

dum autem haec … se habens

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

and se deofol … fram him gewænte

c.13.1-4

Manuscript:: London, British Library MS Harley 2801
Comment:: In relating that the dragon 'wished' to swallow Margaret (c.13.1) rather than that it actually swallowed her, the OE version follows a reading similar to that which appears in a late MS, Harley 2801 (s.xii): deglutire eam uolens (printed by Mack 1934, 127-42, 134.15).
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c.13.6-14.14

tunc prostrauit … benedictum in saecula

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

and eall sticmælum … worulda woruld

c.13.5-14.14

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c.14.1-14

factum est … in saecula

Anon (OE)

single analogue

and mid þy … on weorulde

c.14.1-12

Comment:: This chapter being lacking in the surviving text of BHL 5304, the closest available analogue is BHL 5303, which, however, contrasts with the OE in introducing the second demon here instead of in the previous chapter, in allocating the beginning of the demon's speech to Margaret, and in omitting mention of Margaret striking out the demon's right eye and breaking his bones. In these details the OE agrees with the Greek original.
Bibliography:: Usener 1886, 136v.17-18 (p. 27), 135v.18 (p. 29), 136r.12-19 (pp. 29-30); Clayton and Magennis 1994, 45-47

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c.15.1-16.22

et cum haec diceret … degluttiuit eum terra

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

ða hi þis … wunige to domesdæge

c.15.1-16.18

Comment:: It is likely that corruption in the OE writer's Latin MS caused the omission of the reference to Beelzebub at ch.15.10 (many MSS are corrupt here) and the misunderstanding of Jamnes and Mambres at ch.16.9.
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c.15.1-31

et cum haec … superati sumus

Anon (OE)

single analogue

and mid þam … mine wæron

c.15.1-26

Comment:: This chapter being lacking in the surviving text of BHL 5304, the closest available analogue is BHL 5303, to which, however, lines 3-13 of the OE do not correspond, though they are paralleled in the Greek original.
Bibliography:: Usener 1886, 136r.31-136v.9 (pp. 30-31)

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c.17.1-18.3

altera uero die … et ibi mortificare

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

and þa þæs oðres … cetel gesetton

c.17.1-18.3

Comment:: The OE version appears to follow a no-longer extant variant of the Passio which, at the beginning of ch.18, would have described the water in which Margaret is immersed as hot or boiling.
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c.18.3-11

beata autem margareta aspiciens … secula seculorum

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

and seo eadiga margareta … minum synnum

c.18.3-6

Manuscript:: London, British Library MS Harley 5327
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c.18.11-20

ecce terremotus … exceptis mulieribus et puellis

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

and þa þær com … fif þusend manna

c.18.6-15

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c.19.1-22

tunc iniquus olibrius … cecus neque mutus

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

þa wearð se gerefa … þære mycelen mildheortnesse

c.19.1-20

Comment:: The OE version appears to follow a no-longer extant variant of the Passio which included, distinctively, at the beginning of this chapter a short sequence containing speeches by Olibrius and his followers asking Malchus to draw his sword and kill Margaret.
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c.20.1-15

postquam autem … regni celestem

Anon (OE)

single analogue

ða wæs stefn … ic þin anbide

c.20.1-19

Comment:: This chapter is lacking in the surviving text of BHL 5304. The closest available analogue is BHL 5303, which, however, has significant contrasts with the OE at this point, indicating that it represents a different strand of transmission.
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c.20.2-21.9

factum est tonitruum … secula seculorum

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

and hio hi eft … swiðe synfull

c.20.1-21.6

Manuscript:: London, British Library MS Harley 5327
Comment:: In relating at the beginning of ch.20 that Margaret and the bystanders fell to the ground (lines 1-2), the OE version follows a reading similar to that which appears in MS Harley 5327 (printed by Assmann 1889, 208-220, lines 367-370): tunc facta sunt tonitrua, et columba venit cum cruce et loquebatur beatae Margaretae, et omnes, qui ibidem stabant, ceciderunt in faciem suam super terram. Et cecidit beata Margareta in terram ante virtutem domini et columba tetigit eam.
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c.22.1-9

et post orationem … beate margaritae

Anon (OE)

single analogue

and æfter þam … swyþran healfe

c.22.1-10

Comment:: This passage, relating the exchange between the saint and the executioner, being lacking in BHL 5304, the closest analogue is BHL 5303.

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c.22.1-12

et post orationem erexit se … magnus beatae margaritae

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

þa þa hi hire … bene gode betæhton

c.22.1-15

Manuscript:: London, British Library MS Harley 2801
Comment:: In relating that Margaret rather than Malchus himself prays that Malchus be forgiven for putting Margaret to death (ch.22.10-11), the OE version follows a reading similar to that which appears in MS Harley 2801 (printed by Mack 1934, 127-42, 141.21).
Bibliography:: Clayton and Magennis 1994, 63

BHL:: 5303

Contributor:: H. Magennis

Created:: 1998-05-23

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Contributor:	H. Magennis
Text:	Anon (OE): Life of St Margaret (CCCC MS 303)
Edition:	Clayton and Magennis 1994, 149-80
Reference:	C.B.3.3.14
Created:	1998-05-23
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-09-05

c.23.1-5

et audientes omnes … secundum opera tua

Anon (OE)

single immediate source

certain

ða hit geherdon … heofone rice gebrohton

c.23.1-7

Manuscript:: Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek, Augiensis perg.32
Comment:: In relating that angels received the soul, rather than the body or head, of St Margaret (ch.23.6), the OE version follows a reading similar to that which appears in Karlsruhe MS, Badische Landesbibliothek, Augiensis perg.32 (s.ix med.), 59va28-37: et audientes haec ... ascenderunt super nubem.
Bibliography:: Clayton and Magennis 1994, 14

BHL:: 5303

Contributor:: H. Magennis

Created:: 1998-05-23

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Contributor:	H. Magennis
Text:	Anon (OE): Life of St Margaret (CCCC MS 303)
Edition:	Clayton and Magennis 1994, 149-80
Reference:	C.B.3.3.14
Created:	1998-05-23
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-09-05

c.24.7-12

compleuit autem … amen

Anon (OE)

single analogue

and seo halga … amen

c.24.7-13

Comment:: The closing lines of the OE reflect material present in BHL 5303 but omitted in BHL 5304. The feastday of 23 July (line 8) agrees with neither Latin analogue.
Bibliography:: Clayton and Magennis 1994, 72-76

BHL:: 5303

Contributor:: H. Magennis

Created:: 2001-03-02

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Contributor:	H. Magennis
Text:	Anon (OE): Life of St Margaret (BL MS Cotton Tiberius A.iii)
Edition:	Clayton and Magennis 1994, 112-39
Reference:	C.B.3.3.16
Created:	2001-03-02
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-09-05

cc.3-5

beatissima autem margareta … propter pulchritudinem eius

Anon (OE Martyrology)

single analogue

seo wæs acenned … ofer eall oþer wif

2.141.14-142.10

BHL:: 5303

Contributor:: C. Rauer

Created:: 2000-03-01

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Contributor:	C. Rauer
Text:	Anon (OE Martyrology): Marina
Edition:	Kotzor 1981, 2, 141.13-144.15
Reference:	C.B.19.122
Created:	2000-03-01
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-09-05

cc.8-10

tunc iussit olibrius … sit in caelis

Anon (OE Martyrology)

single analogue

ða het se gerefa … oncierran

2.142.13-143.1

BHL:: 5303

Contributor:: C. Rauer

Created:: 2000-03-01

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Contributor:	C. Rauer
Text:	Anon (OE Martyrology): Marina
Edition:	Kotzor 1981, 2, 141.13-144.15
Reference:	C.B.19.122
Created:	2000-03-01
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-09-05

cc.19-20

tunc iniquus olibrius … remissionem peccatorem in ueniet

Anon (OE Martyrology)

single analogue

ða bead he … fram his synnum gefreod

2.143.1-144.9

BHL:: 5303

Contributor:: C. Rauer

Created:: 2000-03-01

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Contributor:	C. Rauer
Text:	Anon (OE Martyrology): Marina
Edition:	Kotzor 1981, 2, 141.13-144.15
Reference:	C.B.19.122
Created:	2000-03-01
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-09-05

cc.22-4

tunc questionarius cum dei timore … sinclitice matronae

Anon (OE Martyrology)

single analogue

þa wæs sancta marina … antiochia ceastre

2.144.9-15