著者

和田 葉子

出版者

関西大学東西学術研究所

雑誌

関西大学東西学術研究所紀要 (ISSN:02878151)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.48, pp.127-136, 2015-04-01

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London, British Library, MS Harley 913, dated to around 1330, contains Lollai, a poem of six stanzas, thought to be the earliest lullaby in English. Although the Latin version of this work is found on a different folio of the same manuscript, it consists of only two stanzas which correspond to the first two in the English. This paper discusses the relationship between the two versions, investigating which was the original, and attempts to explain why the Latin version has no more than two stanzas.