Available Texts
The following texts are still available for editing. The table provides abbreviations, mostly the standard ones used by Felix Liebermann; the name of the text as it appears in contemporary scholarship or in the manuscript witnesses; languages which appear in each; and citation of the standard editions.
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As further texts are added to the project, they will be inserted alphabetically by abbreviation.
| Standard abbreviation | Name of text | Languages | Standard editions |
|---|---|---|---|
| App AGu | Alfred-Guthrum appendix | Latin | See Quadripartitus: Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 394. |
| Art Bar | Articles of the barons, 1215 | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 285–91. |
| I As | Æthelstan’s tithe edict | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 146–48. |
| As Alm | Æthelstan’s charity edict | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 148. |
| II As | Æthelstan’s Grately code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 150–66. |
| V As | Æthelstan’s Exeter code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 166–68. |
| VI As | Æthelstan’s London code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 173–82. |
| VI As 12 | Whittelbury modification of Æthelstan’s Thunderfield code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 182–83. |
| Ass 1198 | Assize of 1198 | Latin | Roger of Howden, Chronica, ed. William Stubbs, 4 vols, RS (London, 1868–71), vol. 4, pp. 63–66. |
| I Atr | Æthelred’s Woodstock code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 216–20. |
| II Atr app | II Æthelred appendix | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 224–26. |
| III Atr | Æthelred’s Wantage code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 228–32. |
| IV Atr b | Æthelred’s coinage laws (chapters 5–9.3) | Latin | See Quadripartitus: Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 234–36. |
| V Atr | Law-making council at Enham, 1008 | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 236–47). |
| VI Atr | VI Æthelred | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 246–56. |
| VI Atr app | VI Æthelred appendix | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp.256–58 |
| VI Atr Lat | IV Æthelred Latin paraphrase | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 247–57. |
| VII Atr | Penitential edict at Bath | Latin | See Quadripartitus: Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 260–61. |
| VIIa Atr | VIIa Æthelred | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 262. |
| VIII Atr | Æthelred’s ‘eighth’ code, 1014 | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 263–68. |
| IX Atr | IX Æthelred | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 269. |
| X Atr | X Æthelred | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 269–70. |
| Becwæð | Hit becwæð | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 400. |
| Blas | Be blaserum 7 be morðslihtum | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 388. |
| Cn 1020 | Cnut’s first letter to the English, 1020 | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 273–75. |
| Cn 1027 | Cnut’s second letter to the English, 1027 | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 276–77. |
| Con Clar | Constitutions of Clarendon | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 163–67. |
| Con Clar Fr | French translation of the Constitutions of Clarendon | French | Emmanuel Wahlberg, ed., La Vie de saint Thomas le Martyr par Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence. Poème historique du XIIe siècle (1172–1174) (Lund, 1922), pp. 81–86. |
| Conc Reg | Concession of the kingdom to the pope, 1213 | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 279–81. |
| Cons Cn | Consiliatio Cnuti | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 618–??, and passim; Felix Liebermann, ed., Consiliatio Cnuti, eine Übertragung angelsächsischer Gesetze aus dem zwölften Jahrhundert (Halle, 1893). |
| Def Reg 1205 | Writ for the levying of a force for the defence of the kingdom, 1205 | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 276–77. |
| ECf3 | Leges Edwardi Confessoris, version 3 (revised 39-chapter text) | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 627–70. |
| ECf4 | Leges Edwardi Confessoris, version 4 (in Leges Anglorum) | Latin | Not edited on its own: selections in Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 635–37, 639, 640, 655–60, 664; see also Leges Anglorum. |
| ECf3 Fr | Le livre des leis de engletere (French translation of ECf3) | French | Not edited: Cambridge, University Library MS Ee.I.1, fos. 3v–8. |
| Edict Reg | Proclamation for the preservation of the peace, 1195 | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 257–58. |
| II–III Eg | Edgar’s Andover code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 194–206. |
| IV Eg | Edgar’s Whitbordesstan code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 206–14. |
| IV Eg lat | Edgar’s Whitbordesstan code (Latin version) | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 207–15. |
| EGu | Peace of Edward and Guthrum | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 128–134. |
| I Em | Edmund’s first code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 184–86. |
| III Em | Edmund’s Coylton code | Latin | See Quadripartitus: Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 190–91. |
| I Ew | Edward the Elder’s first code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 138–40. |
| II Ew | Edward the Elder’s second code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 140–44. |
| Excom I | Qualiter episcopus excommunicare infideles christianos debeat | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 432–33. |
| Excom II | Excommunicatio aliquem sacrilegum facienda | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 434. |
| Excom III | Excommunicatio III | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 434. |
| Excom IV | Excommunicatio, IV | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 435. |
| Excom V | Excommunicatio V | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 435–36. |
| Excom VI | Excommunicatio VI | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 436–37. |
| Excom VII | Excommunicatio VII | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 438–39. |
| Excom VIII | Excommunicatio VIII | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 439–40. |
| Excom IX | Excommunicatio IX | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 440. |
| Excom X | Excommunicatio X | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 440. |
| Excom XI | Forma solemnis excommunicationis | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 441. |
| Excom XII | Excommunicatio XII | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 441. |
| Excom XIII | Excommunicatio XIII | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 441. |
| Forf | Forfang | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 388–90. |
| Form Pro | Form of proceeding on the judicial visitation, 1194 | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 252–57. |
| Grið | Be griðe 7 be munde | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 470–73. |
| Hn cor Fr | Henry I’s coronation charter, French translation | French | Not edited: BL MS Harley 458. |
| Hn2 cor Fr | Henry II’s coronation charter, French translation | French | Not edited: BL MS Harley 458. |
| Hu | Hundred ordinance | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 192–94. |
| Inq Con | Order for inquiry into evil customs, 1215 | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 303–304. |
| Iud Dei I | Exorcismus aquae ad iudicium dei demonstrandum | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 401–405. |
| Iud Dei II | Adiuratio ferri uel aquae feruentis | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 406–407. |
| Iud Dei III | Exorcismus panis ordeacii et casei ad probationem ueri | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 408–409. |
| Iud Dei IV | Benedictio quando iudicium exituri sunt homines | Latin with full OE interlinear gloss | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 409–11. |
| Iud Dei V | Adiuratio | Latin/ Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 411–12. |
| Iud Dei VI | Halsuncge | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 412. |
| Iud Dei VII | Exorcismus aquę ad iudicium dei demonstrandum | Latin/ Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 413–14. |
| Iud Dei VIII | Halsie man ðonne man her | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 415. |
| Iud Dei X | Ordo ad iudicium faciendum | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 417–18. |
| Iud Dei XI | Benedictio ferri iuditialis | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 419. |
| Iud Dei XII | De iuditio aquę quomodo inuentum sit | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 420–22. |
| Iud Dei XIII | Benedictio aquę frigide ad iudicium faciendum | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 422–24. |
| Iud Dei XIV | Exorcismus et benedictio panis et casei ad securitatem iuditii faciendus | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 425–27. |
| Iud Dei XV | Judgment of God XV | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 427. |
| Iud Dei XVI | Ordo iudicii | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 427–29. |
| Leges Angl | Leges Anglorum Londoniis collectae | Latin | Not edited; Selections edited in Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, passim. |
| Leges Wl | Leges Willelmi | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 493–520. |
| Leis Wl | Leis Willelme | French | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 492–520. |
| Lib Elec | Grant of freedom of elections to churches, 1214 | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 283–84. |
| Lib Lond | Libertas Londoniensis | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 673– |
| MC 1215 | Magna Carta, 1215 | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 292–302. |
| MC 1215 Fr | Magna Carta 1215, French translation | French | J. C. Holt, ‚A Verncaular-French Text of Magna Carta 1215’, EHR 89 (1974), 346–64. |
| Nor grið | Norðhymbra cyricfrið | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 473. |
| Northu | Norðhymbra preosta lagu | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 380–85. |
| Offa | Report of the papal legates to Offa and Ælfwold | Latin | A. W. Haddan and W. Stubbs, eds., Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents, 3 vols (Oxford, 1869–78), vol. 3, pp. 447–62. |
| Ordal | Dom be haten ísene an[d] wæt[re] | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 386–87. |
| Pax | Peace | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 390 |
| Quadr | Quadripartitus | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, 529–46 and passim. |
| Romscot | Rome-payment | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 474. |
| Sacr cor Latin | Coronation oath, Latin version | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 215–17. |
| St cor Fr | Stephen’s coronation charter, French translation | French | Not edited: BL Harley 458. |
| Swer | Hu se man sceal swerie | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 396–98. |
| Vocab | Expositiones vocabulorum | Old English /French/ Latin | Versions listed in John Edwin Wells, A Manual of the Writings in Middle English, 1050–1400 (New Haven, 1916), 834, and in Hubert Hall, ed., The Red Book of the Exchequer (London, 1896), vol. 1, pp. cxiii–cxv. |
| Wal | Walreaf | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 392. |
| Wer | Wergeld | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 392–94. |
| Wif | Be wifmannes beweddung | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 442–44. |
| Wl art | Articles of William I | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 486–88. |
| Wl art Fr | Articles of William I, French translation | French | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 488–89. |
| Wl art Lond | Articles of William I, London version | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 489–91. |
| Ymb Æwbricas | Adulterers | Old English | R. Flower, ‘The Text of the Burghal Hidage’, London Medieval Studies 1 (1937), p. 62. |