The Proverbs of Serlo of Wilton.
- Author / Editor
- Friend, Albert C.
The Proverbs of Serlo of Wilton.
- Published
- Mediaeval Studies 16 (1954): 179-218.
- Description
- Indexes the proverbs of Serlo of Wilton ("Prouerbia Magistri Serlonis") in Anglo-Norman, English, and Latin, evidently collected for pedagogical use, ca. 1150-1170. Includes 108 proverbs attributed to Serlo, with an additional five unattributed in the manuscripts. Individual entries identify, proverb by proverb, occurrences in manuscripts, in print, and in later indexes, with commentary on provenance and influence, including where Serlo is the "earliest written source" for "at least 16 proverbs" in Chaucer's works.
- Alternative Title
- Prouerbia Magistri Serlonis
- Chaucer Subjects
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
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