Art. 39, Les pardouns de Acres

by: Susanna Greer Fein (Editor)

from: The Complete Harley 2253 Manuscript, Volume 2  2014

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¶ Ces sunt les pardouns de Acres: A la bourde la vile: iiij aunz, karantaine. A Seint Nicholas: iiij aunz, iiij karantaines. As Alemayns: iiij auns; chescun jour, c jours. A Seint Leonard: j an, c jours. A Seint Romaunt: xl jours. A Seint Estevene: iiij aunz, xl jours. A Seint Samuel: j an, xl jours. A Seint Lazer de Bethayne: viij aunz, iiij karantaines. A Sepulcre: vij aunz, iiij karataines. A Nostre Dame de Chevalers: v aunz. A Nostre Dame de Sur: iij aunz. A Seinte Croyz: iij aunz, xl jours. A Seint Marc de Venyse: v aunz. A Seint Lorenz: xl jours. A Josaphat: iiij aunz, xl jours. A la Latyne: j an. A Seint Pere de Pyse: v aunz. A Seint Anne: v aunz. A Seint Espyrit: vij aunz. A Bedlehem: vij aunz. A Seint André: v aunz. Al Temple: iiij aunz, vj vintaines jours. As Frere Prechours: iij aunz, xl jours. A Seint Michel: iiij aunz, iiij karantaines. As Freres de Sake: c xl jours. A le Hospital Seint Johan: viij aunz; e tant de foyz come vous alez entour le Paleis de malades: xl jours, e le digmange a processioun: vj karantaines. A Seint Gyle: v karantaines. A la Magdaleyne: xj aunz. A la Katerine: iiij aunz, iiij karantaines. A la Trinité: j an. A Seinte Bryde: viij aunz. A Seint Martin de Bretons: iiij aunz, xl jours. A Lazer de Chevalers: xv karantaines. A Seint Thomas: xv aunz; e chescun mardi, vij aunz. A Seint Bartholomeu: iiij aunz, iiij karantaines. A Seint Antoyne: iiij aunz, xl jours. | As Frere Menours: ccc jours. A Repentires: j an, xl jours. A Seint Denys: iiij anz, iiij karantaines. A Seint George: vij aunz. A taunt finent le pelrynages de celes parties e les pardouns de Acres. Qe Dieus eit      merci de los vyfs e les mortz. Amen.

¶ These are the pardons of Acre: To the edge of the city: four years, one quarantain [forty days]. To [the Cemetery Chapel of] St. Nicholas: four years, four quarantains. To [the Church and Hospital of St. Mary of the] Germans: four years; each additional day, one hundred days. To [the Abbey Church of] St. Leonard: one year, one hundred days. To [the Church of] St. Romanus [in the Gardens]: forty days. To [the Church and Hospital of] St. Stephen: four years, forty days. To [the Abbey Church of] St. Samuel: one year, forty days. To [the Church and Monastery of] St. Lazarus of Bethany: eight years, four quarantains. To [the Church of the Holy] Sepulcher: seven years, four quarantains. To [the Church of] St. Mary of the Knights: five years. To [the Abbey Church of the Sisters of] St. Mary of Tyre: three years. To [the Cathedral Church of the] Holy Cross: three years, forty days. To [the Parish Church of] St. Mark of the Venetians: five years. To [the Parish Church of] St. Laurence [of the Genoese]: forty days. To [the Abbey Church of St. Mary of the Valley of] Jehoshaphat: four years, forty days. To the [Abbey Church of St. Mary] Latin: one year. To [the Church of] St. Peter of the Pisans: five years. To [the Abbey Church of] St. Anne: five years. To [the Hospital of] the Holy Spirit: seven years. To [the Hospital of the Brothers and/or Sisters of] Bethlehem: seven years. To [the Church of] St. Andrew: five years. To [the Church and Castle of] the Templars: four years, sixscore days. To [the Church of] the Preaching Friars [i.e., Dominicans]: three years, forty days. To [the Parish Church of] St. Michael: four years, four quarantains. To [the House of] the Friars of the Sack: one hundred and forty days. To the [Church and] Hospital of St. John [the Baptist]: eight years; and as many times as you go around the Palace of the Sick: forty days; and the Sunday procession: six quarantains. To [the Church and Hospital of] St. Giles: five quarantains. To the [Abbey Church of St. Mary] Magdalen: eleven years. To the [Hospital of St.] Katherine [of the Battlefield]: four years, four quarantains. To the [House of the Holy] Trinity [and Captives]: one year. To [the Church and Hospital of] St. Brigid: eight years. To [the Hospital of] St. Martin of the Bretons: four years, forty days. To [the Church and Hospital of St.] Lazarus of the Knights: fifteen quarantains. To [the Church and Hospital of] St. Thomas [the Martyr]: fifteen years; and each Tuesday, seven years. To [the Leper Hospital of] St. Bartholomew [of Beirut]: four years, four quarantains. To [the Church and Hospital of] St. Anthony: four years, forty days. | To [the House of] the Friars Minor [i.e., Franciscans]: three hundred days. To [the House of] the Penitents [i.e., Magdalenes]: one year, forty days. To [the Church and Hospital of] St. Denis: four years, four quarantains. To [the Church of] St. George [of Lydda]: seven years. Thus end the pilgrimages of these regions and the pardons of Acre. May God have mercy on the living and the dead. Amen.

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Footnotes

ART. 39, LES PARDOUNS DE ACRES: EXPLANATORY NOTES

ABBREVIATIONS: AND: Anglo-Norman Dictionary; ANL: Anglo-Norman Literature: A Guide to Texts and Manuscripts (R. Dean and Boulton); BL: British Library (London); Bodl.: Bodleian Library (Oxford); CCC: Corpus Christi College (Cambridge); CUL: Cambridge University Library (Cambridge); IMEV: The Index of Middle English Verse (Brown and Robbins); IMEV Suppl.: Supplement to the Index of Middle English Verse (Robbins and Cutler); MED: Middle English Dictionary; MWME: A Manual of the Writings in Middle English, 1050–1500 (Severs et al.); NIMEV: A New Index of Middle English Verse (Boffey and Edwards); NLS: National Library of Scotland (Edinburgh).

3 Seint Nicholas. Identified by Pringle as the Cemetery Chapel of St. Nicholas, which was outside the walls of the city (2009, 4:151–55 [no. 438]). See also the Church of St. Nicholas of the Field of the English (2009, 4:155–56 [no. 439]).

4 Alemayns. Church and Hospital of St. Mary of the Germans, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:131–36 (no. 425).

5 Seint Leonard. Abbey Church of St. Leonard, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:124–25 (no. 419).

6 Seint Romaunt. Church of St. Romanus in the Gardens, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:158 (no. 442).

7 Seint Estevene. Church and Hospital of St. Stephen, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:160–61 (no. 445).

8 Seint Samuel. Abbey Church of St. Samuel, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:158–60 (no. 443).

9 Seint Lazer de Bethayne. Church and Monastery of St. Lazarus of Bethany, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:120–21 (no. 417).

10 Sepulcre. Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:52–53 (no. 384).

11 Nostre Dame de Chevalers. Church of St. Mary of the Knights, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:136–37 (no. 426).

12 Nostre Dame de Sur. Abbey Church of the Sisters of St. Mary of Tyre, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:142–44 (no. 431).

13 Seinte Croyz. Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:35–40 (no. 371).

14 Seint Marc de Venyse. Parish Church of St. Mark of the Venetians, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:125–29 (no. 420).

15 Seint Lorenz. Identified by Pringle as the Parish Church of St. Laurence of the Genoese, Acre (2009, 4:117–19 [no. 415]). There is also tentative evidence for a Church of St. Laurence of the Knights in medieval Acre (Pringle 2009, 4:120 [no. 416]).

16 Josaphat. Abbey Church of St. Mary of the Valley of the Jehoshaphat, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:144–47 (no. 432).

17 la Latyne. Abbey Church of St. Mary Latin, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:139–40 (no. 428).

18 Seint Pere de Pyse. Church of St. Peter of the Pisans, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:156–57 (no. 440).

19 Seint Anne. Abbey Church of St. Anne, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:70–71 (no. 395).

20 Seint Espyrit. Hospital of the Holy Spirit, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:54–55 (no. 386).

21 Bedlehem. Hospital of the Brothers and/or Sisters of Bethlehem, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:44–45 (no. 377).

22 Seint André. Church of St. Andrew, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:63–69 (nos. 393).

23 Temple. Church and Castle of the Templars, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:166–72 (no. 451).

vj vintaines jours. Six score, or 120, days. The scribe abbreviates vintaine by superscripting xx after vj.

24 Frere Prechours. Church of the Dominicans (Preaching Friars), Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:46–48 (no. 380).

25 Seint Michel. Parish Church of St. Michael, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:149–50 (nos. 436).

26 Freres de Sake. House of the Friars of the Sack, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:50 (no. 382).

27 le Hospital Seint Johan. Church and Hospital of St. John, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:82–114 (nos. 410–11).

29 Seint Gyle. Church and Hospital of St. Giles, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:80–81 (no. 408).

30 la Magdaleyne. Abbey Church of St. Mary Magdalen (Cistercian nuns), Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:147–48 (no. 388).

31 la Katerine. Hospital of St. Katherine of the Battlefield, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:73 (no. 399).

32 la Trinité. House of the Holy Trinity and Captives, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:56–57 (no. 387).

33 Seinte Bryde. Church and Hospital of St. Brigid, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:72 (no. 398).

34 Seint Martin de Bretons. Hospital of St. Martin of the Bretons, Acre, founded in August 1254; see Pringle 2009, 4:129–30 (no. 421).

35 Lazer de Chevalers. Church and Hospital of St. Lazarus of the Knights, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:121–23 (no. 418).

36 Seint Thomas. Church and Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:161–64 (no. 447).

37 Seint Bartholomeu. Leper Hospital of St. Bartholomew of Beirut, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:72 (no. 397).

38 Seint Antoyne. Church and Hospital of St. Antony, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:71–72 (no. 396).

39 Frere Menours. House of the Franciscans (Friars Minor), Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:48–50 (no. 381).

40 Repentires. House of the Magdalenes (the Penitents), Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:58–59 (no. 388).

41 Seint Denys. Church and Hospital of St. Denis, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:76–77 (no. 403).

42 Seint George. Church of St. George of Lydda, Acre; see Pringle 2009, 4:77–78 (no. 405; see also nos. 406, 407, 415).

ART. 39, LES PARDOUNS DE ACRES: TEXTUAL NOTES

ABBREVIATIONS: As: Aspin; Bö: Böddeker; Bos: Bossy; Br: Brook; BS: Bennett and Smithers; BZ: Brandl and Zippel; B13: Brown 1932; B14: Brown 1952; DB: Dunn and Byrnes; Deg: Degginger; Do: Dove 1969; Gr: Greene 1977; Ha: Halliwell; Hal: Hall; Hol: Holthausen; Hor¹: Horstmann 1878; Hor²: Horstmann 1896; Hu: Hulme; JL: Jeffrey and Levy; Ju: Jubinal; Kel: Keller; Ken: Kennedy; Le: Lerer 2008; Mc: McKnight; Mi: Millett; MR: Michelant and Raynaud; Mo: Morris and Skeat; MS: MS Harley 2253; Mu: H. M. R. Murray; Pa: Patterson; Pr: Pringle 2009; Rei: Reichl 1973; Rev¹: Revard 2004; Rev²: Revard 2005b; Ri¹: Ritson 1877; Ri²: Ritson 1885; Ro: Robbins 1959; Sa: Saupe; Si: Silverstein; St: Stemmler 1970; Tr: Treharne; Tu: Turville-Petre 1989; Ul: Ulrich; W¹: Wright 1839; W²: Wright 1841; W³: Wright 1842; W⁴: Wright 1844; WH: Wright and Halliwell.

6 Romaunt. So MS. MR, Pr: Romant.

13 Croyz. So MS (croyõ), Pr. MR: Croy.

20 Espyrit. So MS, MR. Pr: Esprit.

23 iiij. So MS. MR: viij. Pr: 8.

24 Prechours. So MS. MR, Pr: preschours.

26 de Sake. So MS (e abbreviated). MR, Pr: desakes.

28 digmange. So MS. MR, Pr: digmangt.

30 Magdaleyne. So MS, MR. Pr: Magdalene.

34 Martin. So MS, MR. Pr: Martyn.

35 xv karantaines. So MS. Pr: 2 years 70 days.

37 iiij aunz. So MS, MR. Pr: 3 years.

39 ccc. So MS, MR. Pr: 1 year 35 days.