Skip to main content- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations List
- General Introduction
- Introduction to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A Version (Selden)
- John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A Version (Selden)
- Introduction to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B Version (Lansdowne)
- John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B Version (Lansdowne)
- Introduction to John Lydgate, "Death's Warning to the World" (DIMEV 4905)
- John Lydgate, "Death's Warning to the World" (DIMEV 4905)
- Introduction to "Three Messengers of Death" (DIMEV 5387)
- "Three Messengers of Death" (DIMEV 5387)
- Introduction to "A Warning Spoken by the Soul of a Dead Person" (DIMEV 3624)
- "A Warning Spoken by the Soul of a Dead Person" (DIMEV 3624)
- Introduction to "A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet" (DIMEV 3454)
- "A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet" (DIMEV 3454)
- Introduction to "The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man," Ascribed to Robert Henryson (DIMEV 4000)
- "The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man" (DIMEV 4000)
- Introduction to "The Dawnce of Makabre" (DIMEV 4104)
- "The Dawnce of Makabre" (DIMEV 4104)
- Introduction to "Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets" (DIMEV 956)
- "Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets" (DIMEV 956)
- Introduction to La Danse macabre
- La Danse macabre
- Explanatory and Textual Notes
- Notes to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A Version (Selden)
- Notes to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B Version (Lansdowne)
- Notes to John Lydgate, "Death's Warning to the World"
- Notes to "Three Messengers of Death"
- Notes to "A Warning Spoken by the Soul of a Dead Person"
- Notes to "A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet"
- Notes to "The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man"
- Notes to "The Dawnce of Makabre"
- Notes to "Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets"
- Notes to La Danse macabre
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations List
- General Introduction
- Introduction to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A Version (Selden)
- John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A Version (Selden)
- Introduction to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B Version (Lansdowne)
- John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B Version (Lansdowne)
- Introduction to John Lydgate, "Death's Warning to the World" (DIMEV 4905)
- John Lydgate, "Death's Warning to the World" (DIMEV 4905)
- Introduction to "Three Messengers of Death" (DIMEV 5387)
- "Three Messengers of Death" (DIMEV 5387)
- Introduction to "A Warning Spoken by the Soul of a Dead Person" (DIMEV 3624)
- "A Warning Spoken by the Soul of a Dead Person" (DIMEV 3624)
- Introduction to "A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet" (DIMEV 3454)
- "A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet" (DIMEV 3454)
- Introduction to "The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man," Ascribed to Robert Henryson (DIMEV 4000)
- "The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man" (DIMEV 4000)
- Introduction to "The Dawnce of Makabre" (DIMEV 4104)
- "The Dawnce of Makabre" (DIMEV 4104)
- Introduction to "Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets" (DIMEV 956)
- "Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets" (DIMEV 956)
- Introduction to La Danse macabre
- La Danse macabre
- Explanatory and Textual Notes
- Notes to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A Version (Selden)
- Notes to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B Version (Lansdowne)
- Notes to John Lydgate, "Death's Warning to the World"
- Notes to "Three Messengers of Death"
- Notes to "A Warning Spoken by the Soul of a Dead Person"
- Notes to "A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet"
- Notes to "The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man"
- Notes to "The Dawnce of Makabre"
- Notes to "Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets"
- Notes to La Danse macabre
- Bibliography
Explanatory Notes
- A version Lydgate, Dance of Death (Selden)
- B version Lydgate, Dance of Death (Lansdowne)
- CT Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, ed. Benson
- D Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 322 (SC 21896)
- DMF Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500)
- DOST Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
- FP Lydgate, Fall of Princes, ed. Bergen
- Gray “Two Songs of Death,” ed. Gray
- Hassell Hassell, Middle French Proverbs, Sentences, and Proverbial Phrases
- MED Middle English Dictionary
- ODNB Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- OED Oxford English Dictionary
- Whiting Whiting, Proverbs, Sentences, and Proverbial Phrases
Textual Notes
- A1 London, British Library Additional 37049 fols. 31v–32r (basis for “Dawnce of Makabre”)
- A2 London, British Library Additional 15225, fols. 15r–16r (basis for “Shaking of the Sheets”)
- BD Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Advocates’ 1.1.6 (Bannatyne MS Draft), pp. 43r–44r
- BM Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Advocates’ 1.1.6 (Bannatyne MS Main), fols. 56r–57r (basis for “Ressoning betuix Death and Man”)
- Brown Religious Lyrics of the XVth Century, ed. Brown, p. 241
- Brunner “Mittelenglische Todesgedichte,” ed. Brunner, pp. 27–28, 30
- C Cambridge, Cambridge University Library Ff.5.45, fols. 13r–14r
- Cov Coventry, Coventry Archives Acc. 325/1, fols. 70rb–74vb
- Cutler Cutler, John L. “A Middle English Acrostic,” p. 88
- D Oxford, Bodleian Library Douce 322 (SC 21896), fols. 19vb–20ra (basis for “Death’s Warning to the World”)
- Doty “An Edition of British Museum MS Additional 37049: a Religious Miscellany,” ed. Doty, pp. 206–11
- Dufour La dance macabre peinte sous les charniers des Saints Innocents de Paris, ed. Dufour
- F Bibliothèque nationale de France fonds français 14989, fols. 1r–12v (basis for French Danse macabre)
- Fein The Danse Macabre Printed by Guyot Marchant, ed. Fein
- Furnivall “Of Þre Messagers of Deeth,” ed. Furnivall, 2:443–48
- H1 London, British Library Harley 1706, fols. 19v–20r
- H2 London, British Library, Harley 116, fols. 128r–v (basis for “A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet”)
- Horstmann “Nachträge zu den Legenden 5: The Messengers of Death,” ed. Horstmann, pp. on 432–34
- L British Library MS Lansdowne 669, fols. 41v–50v (basis for Lydgate, Dance of Death, B version)
- Lincy “La danse macabre reproduite textuellement d’apres l’unique exemplaire connu de l’édition princeps de Guyot Marchant,” ed. Le Roux de Lincy, pp. 291–317
- N New Haven, Beinecke Library MS 493, fols. 51v–60v
- P Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys Library, Pepys Ballads 2.62
- R Oxford, Bodleian Library 4o Rawl. 566 (203)
- RV Rome, Venerable English College (AVCAU) MS 1405, fols. 111r–21r
- S Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Selden Supra 53, fols. 148r–58v (basis for Lydgate, Dance of Death, A version)
- Saugnieux “La danse macabre française de Guyot Marchant (1486),” ed. Saugnieux, pp. 143–64
- Silverstein “Cest le Myrroure pur les Iofenes Dames,” ed. Silverstein, pp. 121–22
- Sim London, British Library Addit. 22283 [Simeon MS], fols. 88vb–89ra
- V Oxford, Bodleian Library Eng. poet. a.1 (SC 3938) [Vernon MS], fols. 297vc–98rb (basis for “Three Messengers of Death”)
- Warren The Dance of Death, ed. Warren and White
- W1 Oxford, Bodleian Library Wood 401 (60) (Wing H2013A)
- W2 Oxford, Bodleian Library Wood 402 (48) (Wing H2013B).