Fontes Anglo-Saxonici

Comment:: A variant of the Life of St Margaret/Marina similar to the BHL 5304 variant was known in Anglo-Saxon England. Since the opening of BHL 5304 is identical to that of copies of BHL 5303, it is possible that the the OE writer was following the former. 'Deum' is translated, however, which is not in the surviving text of BHL 5304.
Bibliography:: Clayton and Magennis 1994, 3, 42-56

BHL:: 5304

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Created:: 2000-11-21

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c.1.2-8

post resurrectionem … neque alio

Anon (OE)

single analogue

æfter þære ðrowunge … ne mihton

c.1.1-7

Comment:: Like the original Greek, the Latin variant cited lacks an equivalent to the word 'ðrowunge' in the opening phrase of the OE. Some early texts of BHL 5303 begin 'post passionem'.
Bibliography:: Usener 1886, 132r.3 (p. 15); Clayton and Magennis 1994, 194, 220

BHL:: 5304

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Created:: 2001-03-02

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c.2.1-10

ego autem … beatissima marina

Anon (OE)

single analogue

ic þa þeotimus … teclan and susannan

c.2.1-12

BHL:: 5304

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c.3.1-c.4.5

erat theodosii … iesu christo

Anon (OE)

single analogue

seo eadiga … gode swyþe leof

c.3.1-7

BHL:: 5304

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c.4.1-5

erat autem … immaculatam conseruauit

Anon (OE)

single analogue

and mid þam … mægþhad gode oðfæste

c.4.1-5

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c.5.1-20

nam et ipsa … impiorum

Anon (OE)

single analogue

sume dæge … manna handa

c.5.1-17

Comment:: The detail about Margaret sitting 'be þam wege' (lines 3-4) and her prayer 'ac gesend ... englas' (lines 11-12) reflect features distinctive of BHL 5304.
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BHL:: 5304

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c.6.1-16

venerunt milites … consuetudinem fidei

Anon (OE)

single analogue

ða cempan … mægþhad forspilde

c.6.1-15

BHL:: 5304

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c.7.8-15

prefectus dixit … consignauit

Anon (OE)

single analogue

se gerefa hire … sawlum gereste

c.7.1-6

Comment:: The OE has nothing corresponding to lines 1-8 of the Latin.

BHL:: 5304

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c.8.1-8

tunc iussit … in gaudium

Anon (OE)

single analogue

se gerefa hi … gefean

c.8.1-6

BHL:: 5304

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c.9.1-14

illa dei uirgo … hominum factis

Anon (OE)

single analogue

and mid þy … on hine gelæfaþ

c.9.1-13

BHL:: 5304

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c.10.1-27

et ait prefecte … coronata deducatur

Anon (OE)

single analogue

and heo cwæþ … on heofonum

c.10.1-20

Comment:: The OE is much abbreviated, in particular ignoring all of lines 4-8 and most of lines 9-15 of the Latin, including the saint's request for God to send her a dove from heaven. Distinctive BHL 5304 readings are reflected in 'draca' (line 2, note), 'ætforan þinre gesihþe' (lines 5-6) and 'wealdan' (line 16).
Bibliography:: Clayton and Magennis 1994, 44, 202

BHL:: 5304

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c.11.1-14

tunc prefectus … in secula

Anon (OE)

single analogue

se gerefa … on weorlde

c.11.1-9

Comment:: The OE presents a considerably abbreviated version of the saint's speech in this chapter.

BHL:: 5304

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c.12.1-2

theothimus autem … orationes ascultabant

Anon (OE)

single analogue

ic þa þeotimus … hire gebedu

c.12.1-3

Comment:: The OE contrasts with both BHL 5303 and BHL 5304 in referring to Theotimus in the first person at the beginning of this chapter. The detail 'ic awrat ealle hire gebedu' (line 3) occurs in BHL 5303 but is not in the surviving text of BHL 5304.
Bibliography:: Clayton and Magennis 1994, 204

BHL:: 5304

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c.12.2-19

et ecce subito … deducere nos

Anon (OE)

single analogue

þa eode … wilddeor

c.12.4-14

Comment:: The OE presents a somewhat garbled and much abbreviated version of the saint's speech in this chapter, 'qui extinguisti potestatem maligni draconis' (cf. Apc 20.2) appearing as 'adwysc þises miclan dracan mægen' (lines 12-13).

BHL:: 5304

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c.13.1-9

beatissima … a me cessantem

Anon (OE)

single analogue

and mid þam … on weorulde

c.13.1-13

Comment:: The surviving BHL 5304 text is deficient in omitting the sentence, present in BHL 5303 and the OE (lines 1-2), in which the dragon swallows the saint. The introduction of the second demon at lines 5-6 is directly paralleled in BHL 5304 but not in BHL 5303, in which it has been transposed to the following chapter.
Bibliography:: Clayton and Magennis 1994, 204

BHL:: 5304

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c.16.1-20

cumque beata … in angulo carceris

Anon (OE)

single analogue

seo halga … grimlice

c.16.1-9

Comment:: BHL 5304 lacks the saint's statement in the OE (line 6) and in BHL 5303 that the demon is not worthy to hear her voice; the OE omits the speech by the demon at lines 8-18 of the Latin.
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BHL:: 5304

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c.17.1-25

mane uero … gloriosus in saecula

Anon (OE)

single analogue

ða on oþran … wuldres beh

c.17.1-10

Comment:: This chapter is much abbreviated in the OE.

BHL:: 5304

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c.18.1-24

et precepit … uirorum ac mulierum

Anon (OE)

single analogue

se arleasa … wifan and cildan

c.18.1-19

Comment:: The details that the torture vessel is leaden and that the water in it is hot (line 2) are not paralleled in BHL 5303 or 5304, nor is the figure of 15000 converts, though this is the number given in the Greek original.
Bibliography:: Clayton and Magennis 1994, 47-48; Usener 1886, 139r.28 (p. 40)

BHL:: 5304

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c.19.1-23

tunc nimis … indulgentiam

Anon (OE)

single analogue

olibrius se gerefa … his bene

c.19.1-26

Comment:: The OE placenames 'limes feolda' and 'ærmeniga' (line 2) correspond to the BHL 5303 readings rather than to BHL 5304 'calymiae' and 'Trinenia'.
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BHL:: 5304

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c.21.1-14

et respiciens … saecula saeculorum

Anon (OE)

single analogue

se halga … on worulde

c.21.1-5

Comment:: The speech of the saint is much abbreviated in the OE.

BHL:: 5304

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c.22.3-5

et post haec … dominum

Anon (OE)

single analogue

þider coman … gebletsode hine

c.22.11-12

Comment:: The OE follows the reading 'eum' instead of 'dominum'.

BHL:: 5304

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c.23.1-11

haec audientes … ad deum

Anon (OE)

single analogue

ða coman … on lifes bocum

c.23.1-12

Comment:: The OE reflects the distinctive BHL 5304 reference to the head of the saint being carried to heaven by angels (lines 1-4), and also agrees with BHL 5304 in having a final speech by the angels (lines 7-12).
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BHL:: 5304

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c.24.1-11

ego uero … nomine saluabitur

Anon (OE)

single analogue

ic þeotimus … cristenum mannum

c.24.1-7