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''The Proverbs of Alfred'' is a collection of early Middle English sayings ascribed to King Alfred the Great (called "England's darling"), said to have been uttered at an assembly in Seaford, East Sussex.〔Keynes and Lapidge, ''Alfred the Great''. p. 47.〕 ==Transmission== The ''Proverbs of Alfred'' survive in four manuscripts of the 13th century: *Cotton Galba A. xix (MS C) *Maidstone Museum A.13 (MS M) *Cambridge, Trinity College, B.14.39 (MS T) *Oxford, Jesus College, 29 (MS J)〔Rouse, ''The Idea of Anglo-Saxon England'', p. 13.〕 The text appears to have been produced in the late 12th century.〔 There is no reason to suppose that any of the proverbs go back to King Alfred. King Alfred, who translated several works into the vernacular, is not known to have translated or composed proverbs. However, his legendary status in later tradition gave him a reputation for having done so, as the Middle English poem ''The Owl and the Nightingale'' likewise suggests. Some of the proverbs in the ''Proverbs of Alfred'' appear elsewhere under another name (''Hendyng'', which may itself be less of a proper name than an adjective). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Proverbs of Alfred」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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