Christ II

Titre:	Christ II; The Ascension
Date:	autour du IX^e siècle
Langue:	Anglais
Genre:
Forme:	428 vers
Contenu:
Incipit:	Nu ðu geornlice gæstgerynum, mon se mæra, modcræfte sec þurh sefan snyttro, þæt þu soð wite hu þæt geeode, þa se ælmihtiga…
Explicit:	… ealde yðmearas, ancrum fæste. Utan us to þære hyðe hyht staþelian, ða us gerymde rodera waldend, halge on heahþu, þa he heofonum astag.
Continuations:	Christ III

Manuscrits

Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, f. 9r-10r [⇛ Description]
Vercelli, Biblioteca capitolare, 117 [⇛ Description]

Éditions anciennes

Éditions modernes

Codex Exoniensis. A Collection of Anglo-Saxon Poetry, from a Manuscript in the Library of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, with an English translation, notes and indexes, by Benjamin Thorpe, London, Pickering for The Society of Antiquaries of London, 1842, xvi + 546 p. (ici p. 28-54) [GB] [IA]
Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie begründet von C. W. M. Grein. Neu bearbeitet, vermehrt und nach eignen Lesungen der Handschriften herausgegeben von Richard Paul Wülcker, Kassel, Wigand, 1883-1898, 5 t. (ici t. 3, p. 16-26) [GB: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3] [IA: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3]
Éditions antérieures:
- Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie in kritisch bearbeiteten Texten und mit vollständigem Glossar herausgegeben von C. W. M. Grein, Göttingen, Wigand, 1857-1864, 4 t. [GB: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3, t. 4] [IA: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3, t. 4]
- Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie begründet von C. W. M. Grein. Neu bearbeitet, vermehrt und nach eignen Lesungen der Handschriften herausgegeben von Richard Paul Wülcker. I. Band — 1. Hälfte, Kassel, Wigand, 1881, vii + 422 p. + [4] p. de pl. [GB] [IA]
- Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie begründet von C. W. M. Grein. Neu bearbeitet, vermehrt und nach eignen Lesungen der Handschriften herausgegeben von Richard Paul Wülcker. II. Band — 1. Hälfte, Kassel, Wigand, 1888, vi + 210 p. [GB] [IA]
- Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie begründet von C. W. M. Grein. Neu bearbeitet, vermehrt und nach eignen Lesungen der Handschriften herausgegeben von Richard Paul Wülcker. III. Band — 1. Hälfte, Kassel, Wigand, 1897, [vii] + 248 p. [GB] [IA]
Cynewulf's Christ, an eighth century English epic edited, with a modern rendering, by Israel Gollancz, London, Nutt, 1892, xxiii + 215 p. (ici p. 38-75) [GB] [IA]
The Exeter Book, an anthology of Anglo-Saxon poetry presented to Exeter Cathedral by Leofric, first bishop of Exeter (1050-1071), and still in the possession of the Dean and Chapter, edited from the manuscript, with a translation, notes, introduction, etc., by Israel Gollancz. Part I. Poems I-VIII, London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co. for the Early English Text Society (Early English Text Society. Original Series, 104), 1895, viii + 305 p. (ici p. 28-54) [GB] [IA]
Die Handschriften von Exeter: Metra des Boetius, Salomo und Saturn, die Psalmen. Herausgegeben von Bruno Assmann nebst einer Lebensskizze Grein's von Richard Paul Wülker und mit Grein's Bildnis, Leipzig, Wigand's Verlag (Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie, 3:1-2), 1897-1898, 2 t. en 1 vol., [vi] + 248, xiii + 247-490 p. (ici t. 1) [GB] [IA]
The Christ of Cynewulf, a Poem in Three Parts: the Advent, the Ascension, and the Last Judgment, edited with introduction, notes, and glossary by Albert S. Cook, Boston, Ginn (The Albion Series), 1900, ciii + 297 p. [GB] [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2]
Considère à tort que Christ I, Christ II et Christ III sont l'œuvre de Cynewulf.
Cynewulf, Il sogno della croce; Cristo: antichi poemetti anglosassoni ; riv. nel testo, con versione a fronte; introduzione e note di Aldo Ricci, Firenze, Sansoni (Biblioteca sansoniana straniera, 57), [s. d.], xxxiv + 204 p.
The Christ of Cynewulf: A Poem in Three Parts: The Advent, The Ascension, and the Last Judgement, Edited with Introduction, Notes, and Glossary by Albert S. Cook, Boston, Ginn (The Albion Series), 1900, ciii + 297 p. — Réimpr.: [Hamden], Archon books, 1964.
Cynewulf, Le Christ II (l'Ascension), édité par Colette Stévanovitch, Nancy, Association des médiévistes anglicistes de l'enseignement supérieur (Publications de l'AMAES, hors série, 13), 2006, 499 p. + 8 p. de pl.
The Old English Poems of Cynewulf, edited and translated by Robert E. Bjork, Cambridge et London, Harvard University Press, 2013, xxi + 266 p. ISBN: 9780674072633

Traductions modernes

en anglais:
- Thorpe 1842 (voir sous Éditions modernes)
- Gollancz 1892 (voir sous Éditions modernes)
- The Christ of Cynewulf, a Poem in Three Parts: the Advent, the Ascension, and the Last Judgment, translated into English prose by Charles Huntington Whitman, Boston, Ginn et The Atheneum Press, 1900, vi + 62 p. [GB] [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2]
  Considère à tort que Christ I, Christ II et Christ III sont l'œuvre de Cynewulf.
- The Poems of Cynewulf, translated into English Prose by Charles W. Kennedy; With an Introduction, Bibliography, and Facsimile Page of the Vercelli MS, London, Routledge; New York, Dutton, 1910, xii + 347 p. — Réimpr.: New York, Peter Smith, 1949.
- Select Translations from Old English Poetry, edited by Albert S. Cook and Chauncey B. Tinker. Revised edition, Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1935, xi + 195 p. (ici p. 82-84) [HT] [IA]
  Éditions antérieures:
  - Select Translations from Old English Poetry, edited with prefatory notes and indexes by Albert S. Cook and Chauncey B. Tinker, Boston, Ginn, 1902, xi + 195 p. [GB] [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2]
  - Select Translations from Old English Poetry, edited by Albert S. Cook and Chauncey B. Tinker. Revised edition, Boston, Ginn, 1926, xi + 195 p. [GB] [IA]
  Traduction partielle.
- Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon. Revised edition, London, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794), 1954, xiv + 334 p. (ici p. 141-148)
  Éditions antérieures:
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon, London et Toronto, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794; Poetry and Drama), 1926, xvi + 367 p. [HT] [IA]
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon, London et Toronto, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794; Poetry and Drama), 1930, xvi + 367 p. [IA]
  - 1934
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon, London et Toronto, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794; Poetry and Drama), 1937, xvi + 367 p. [IA]
  - 1950
  Réimpressions:
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon. Revised edition, London, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794), 1957, xiv + 334 p. [IA]
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon. Revised edition, London, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794), 1962, xiv + 334 p. [IA]
  - 1964
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon. Revised edition, London, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794), 1967, xiv + 334 p. [IA]
  - 1970
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon. Revised edition, London, Melbourne et Toronto, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794), 1977, xiv + 334 p. [IA]
- Anglo-Saxon Poetry: An Anthology of Old English Poems in Prose Translation, with introduction and headnotes by S. A. J. Bradley, London, Dent (Everyman's Library, 1794), 1982, xxvi + 559 p. — Réimpr.: 1995; 2000.
- Bjork 2013 (voir sous Éditions modernes)
en italien:
- Ricci [s. d.] (voir sous Éditions modernes)

Études

Anderson, Earl R., « Mary's role as Eiron in Christ I », Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 70, 1971, p. 234.
Anderson, Earl R., « The speech boundaries in Advent Lyric VII », Neophilologus, 63, 1979, p. 611-618.
Benham, A. R., « Christ 117 and 125b-127a », Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 7, 1907, p. 110.
Blackburn, F. A., « Is the Christ of Cynewulf a single poem? », Anglia, 19, 1897, p. 89-98.
Campbell, Jackson J., « Structural patterns in the Old English Advent lyrics », ELH, 23, 1956, p. 239-255.
Chase, Colin, « God's presence through grace as the theme of Cynewulf's Christ II and the relationship of this them to Christ I and Christ III », Anglo-Saxon England, 3, 1974, p. 87-101.
Cook, Albert S., « Bemerkungen zu Cynewulfs Crist », Philologische Studien. Festgabe für Eduard Sievers zum 1. Oktober 1896, Halle a. S., Niemeyer, 1896, p. 21-29. [GB] [IA]
Cook, Albert S., « Cynewulf, Christ 1320 », Modern Language Notes, 21:1, 1906, p. 8. [GB] [HT] [IA] DOI: 10.2307/2917672
Dietrich, « Cynevulfs Christ », Zeitschrift für deutsches Alterthum, 9, 1853, p. 193-214. [GB] [HT] [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2]
Foley, J. M., « Christ 164-213: a structural approach to the speech boundaries in "Advent Lyric VII" », Neophilologus, 59, 1975, p. 114-118.
Hemingway, S. B., « Cynewulf's Christ, 173-176 », Modern Language Notes, 22, 1907, p. 62-63.
Hill, Thomas D., « Literary history and Old English poetry: the case of Christ I, II, and III », Sources of Anglo-Saxon Culture, éd. Paul E. Szarmach et V. D. Oggins, Kalamazoo, Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University (Studies in Medieval Culture, 20), 1986, p. 3-22.
Isaacs, Neil, « Who says what in Advent Lyric VIII », Structural Principles in Old English Poetry, Knoxville, 1968, p. 93-99.
Liuzza, Roy M., « The Old English Christ and Guthlac texts, manuscripts, and critics », The Review of English Studies, 41 (161), 1990, p. 1-11.
Swanson, David A., The Old English Christ Poems and Anglo-Saxon Law, Ph. D. dissertation, Florida State University, 2011, vi + 95 p. [flvc.org]

Œuvre de Cynewulf

Bibliographie