Notes

Collection: Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum

User	Note	Page	Work	Collection	Time
Marie Richards	Line 7: "young": lit. "pigeons," and Caxton leaves as such.	Page 157	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 3: "secs": A rare instance where this ms differs from BL ms., which has "ses". Prior p 102 fn 4: “but fleeth ... her loue”: O.F. text (p. 136) says merely * ‘ Ainz s’en vait par les arbres sés touz jourz gemissant ” : flies among dry trees ...	Page 156	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	line 23: Caxton has "turtle," clearly wrong.	Page 155	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	line 27: "singesse": Caxton has "sheep". Prior does not note the discrepancy.	Page 153	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	line 16: "eurone": not in DMF. Caxton has "aferd", i.e. "afraid." Per Prior, p 100 fn 8, the original text has "enroe," which means hoarse. I wonder if it could be related to eur, our: good fortune (Greimas).	Page 153	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	Caxton seems to be taking his translation directly from Gerald of Wales since there is a lot of interpolated text. He also offers different (more accurate) readings, e.g. "En Irland a une grant isle" becomes "Ireland is a large island."	Page 150	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	Prior notes that this entire chapter is from Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hibernica.	Page 149	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	lines 3 ff: Prior glosses the Caxton translation as : Every man may represent to himself that it is so (i. e. may take these works for granted), though a man does no harm if he disbelieves, sometimes, things about which he knows nothing, provided...	Page 148	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 4: Prior p. 96 fn 3: Prior p. 96 fn 3: According to maps of the Middle Ages the “lost island” is situated to the west of Cape Verde Islands.	Page 147	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 19, "Bethee": Prior p. 96 fn 3: According to maps of the Middle Ages the “lost island” is situated to the west of Cape Verde Islands.	Page 146	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	Columbine, Alleares: Prior p. 95 fns 5 and 6: "5 Colombyne: “ Columbina terra ” or “Colubraria” in Pliny, may be either “Formentera,” one of the Balearic Islands, or the “ Columbretes ” on the coast of Spain. "6 “Alleares . . . metals” : Allear...	Page 146	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 23: "Bosut": Prior (fn 1) identifies as "Ebusus, now Iviza." Actually now Ibiza, I think.	Page 145	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	line 14: "Andos": Prior identifies this (fn 6) as "Abydos."	Page 144	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 8: Lybe: Lebanon? Libya? Probable Lebanon since Syria is next.	Page 143	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	Montjus: Prior (fn 3) identifies as Mons Iovis, i.e. the Great Saint Bernard.	Page 143	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	Caxton has additional text which is not in this ms. or the BL Royal ms: "&, as I haue herd saye, the hede of this Dunoe begynneth on one side of a montayne, & that other side of the same moratayne sourdeth another grete ryuer which is named the Ri...	Page 143	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 6: Caxton changes "Retecorinde" to "Trapesonde."	Page 142	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	line 16: As Prior notes (p. 91 fn 2), Gossuin seems to be confused about Cedars of Lebanon. "Ebanus" is OF for ebony.	Page 140	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	lines 6-7: Caxton seems to have a different rendering: and of this water may not be employed ne born in to other place, ffor in substaunce it doth nomore than other water. Depends on what the "it" is (the water, or the balm). I'm not sure what...	Page 140	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	line 7: "eyeul," Caxton translates as "colestaff" (surely correctly), which the OED gives as: stout stick used to carry a ‘cowl’, being thrust through the two handles of it; a pole or staff used to carry burdens, supported on the shoulders of two...	Page 139	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	line 8: Prior fn 4: escimuz: O.F. “eschinuz,” prickly. As a substantite this word denotes the sucking-fish or remora. 6	Page 136	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 18: "paillole" is, per DMF, either sequins or a granary for straw. Neither seems to work here. Caxton just says "paillole," so he was probably stuck too.	Page 132	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 14: Caxton has "Cayer," which Prior note 1 says comes from "Caria."	Page 132	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 8: Caxton has "Dardane"	Page 132	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 5: CF Caxton ed. Prior p. 81 fn 4: Prior notes that Caxton mistranslated "poiz" (pitch) as "pois" (pea)	Page 126	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 20: "cler"="clear". sic in both this and BL ms. Caxton has "dark and obscure."	Page 124	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	Lines 8 and 20: boiel is elephant trunk, also entrails, intestines, etc.	Page 119	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	over 3 years ago
Marie Richards	line 21: olifans. Are they the same as the elephans on the next page?	Page 118	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	line 15: "doubtent et le congnoissent", BL has "doubtent si le congoissent," which is better.	Page 117	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	line 2: "lamine", means short blade (lame, per DMF), which makes no sense. BL has "laine," meaning of course wool, which does make sense. Clearly a scribal error.	Page 117	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	Lines 5-7: not sure what he's trying to say here.	Page 116	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	line 14 (translation): "ynde" as color as well as "ynde" the place. BL distinguishes between "inde" the color and "ynde" the place. Caxton renders "inde" as blue.	Page 115	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 6: BL has "penible a merveillez et est en eaue..." which is a slightly different meaning.	Page 114	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 3: coute = cubit. Translated here as 1 1/2 feet, for the modern reader.	Page 114	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 14 (translation): "qui passent le vent de courre" Caxton has "whych passe by rennyng the wynde," but that doesn't help.	Page 112	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	between lines 6 and 7 (translation): the sentence from the previous page in this ms. (see note previous page) is inserted here in the BL ms.	Page 112	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	Lines 6-8: "Ancores...sale" These lines are missing from the BL ms. and the Caxton translation of it.	Page 111	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	line 16: coudée=cubit. A cubit is the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger, probably about 18 inches. Coudee is a word in English, per Webster's 1913 edition.	Page 110	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 11 (translation): Prior identifies Probane as Taprobane or Ceylon.	Page 109	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	last line: BL ms. has "demeurent," vice "deuenrent" here. Appears to be scribal error in this ms., but I have taken it as written, as a variant of "devorent," (cf. DMF). So: "devour and eat," which I have shortened to just "devour."	Page 108	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 3: "Gron." Both this ms. and the BL ms. have Gron, but Caxton misread the BL ms. as Gion.	Page 108	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 21: "Ungages." Prior notes, p. 68 fn 5, that the OF text has "Phison ou Ganges," and numerous copists corrupted the text. BL ms. also has Ungages.	Page 107	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 5: Note reference to his Mappa Mundi source text. Per Prior, he draws on Isidore of Seville and/or Honorius of Autun.	Page 107	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 7: Prior notes that "quatre," which is in the OF version as well as the BL ms and this text, is clearly wrong, and Caxton has changed it to "three."	Page 105	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 6: Caxton changes "mountain" to "star: to make sense of the sentence.	Page 103	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	Prior notes (p. 61 fn 4) that several lines of the OF text are missing in the BL ms. and the Caxton translation. They are also missing in this text. The break comes after the image, before "Et en la fin de ceste ligne..."	Page 102	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	line 12: "wit" = "vide" per DMF. BL ms. also has "wit," with the w a bit more clearly written. Caxton translates as "void."	Page 97	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	Lines 2-10 are difficult. Caxton takes "roye" as "raie"; and alternate meaning is "raie," piece of earth, which I think makes more sense here. But my translation is a bit free since the original is pretty incoherent.	Page 96	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	Line 8: "gale" = "chestnut" in O.F. per Prior (Caxton has "galle").	Page 95	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago
Marie Richards	line 7 (transcription): Caxton has "but withdraweth alway under it," but the French text has "dessus," contrasted clearly with "dessoubz" further down the page.	Page 92	Walters Ms. W.199, Gossouin of Metz, Image du Monde	Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum	almost 4 years ago