19:
182:, perhaps specifically to bring their number up to one hundred: the riddles of Tatwine and Eusebius both survive in the same two manuscripts, and in both the riddles of Eusebius are alongside Tatwine's. These are the early 11th-century London, British Library, Royal 12.Cxxiii (fols. 121v-7r) and the mid-11th-century Cambridge, University Library, Gg.5.35 (fols. 374v-77v). Both of these collections were almost certainly inspired by the slightly earlier
194:
Riddles 1-4 of
Eusebius's riddles are on the chain of being, from God to Man, 5-11 mostly on cosmological phenomena, 12-29 a miscellaneous collection mostly of objects, 30-36 mostly on writing, and 37-60 on animals. The following is a complete list.
162:. However, the identification with Hwætberht has been questioned by several scholars, including Emily V Thornbury, who has suggested that a Kentish author might be likely.
186:, another collection of one hundred Latin riddles. Many of Eusebius's riddles (and his predecessors') are based on the encyclopaedic writing of Isidore of Seville.
26:
and beginning of the riddles of
Eusebius in London, British Library, Royal MA 12 c xxiii folio 113v, showing Eusebius's riddles on an angel and a demon
36:(riddles of Eusebius) are a collection of sixty Latin, hexametrical riddles composed in early medieval England, probably in the eighth century.
1032:
18:
963:
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146:
The manuscripts of the riddles name the author as
Eusebius. This person has traditionally been identified as
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Tatuini omnia opera, Variae collectiones aenigmatum merovingicae aetatis, Anonymus de dubiis nominibus
8:
183:
175:
959:
1022:
956:
Isidorean
Perceptions of Order: The Exeter Book Riddles and Medieval Latin Enigmata
895:, Corpus christianorum: series latina, 133-133a, 2 vols (Turnholt: Brepols, 1968),
891:'Aenigmata Evsebii', ed. by Fr. Glorie, trans. by Erika von Erhardt-Seebold, in
1016:
178:, a collection composed by the eighth-century Mercian priest and archbishop
147:
23:
158:
identification of Hwætberht with the cognomen of 'Eusebius' in his
994:
Mercedes
Salvador-Bello, 'Patterns of Compilation in Anglo-Latin
983:. University of Michigan: Unpublished PhD Thesis. pp. 44–57.
913:. University of Michigan: Unpublished PhD Thesis. pp. 44–57.
179:
998:
and the
Evidence of A Source-Collection in Riddles 1-40 of the
1006:, 43 (2012), 339–374 (p. 373-74). 10.1484/J.VIATOR.1.102554.
958:. Morgantown: West Virginia University Press. p. 221.
155:
44:
An example of
Eusebius's work is enigma 42, on the dragon:
125:
Though uncouth and savage, I feed through a tiny mouth,
116:
and fly with my crest displayed, the fair air whirling.
111:
A horrid beast, I lie in the ghastly gloom of a cavern,
943:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 57–8.
134:
nay, the seat of my impetuous strength is in my tail.
128:
my chest through narrow pipes is filled with breath,
119:
My crawling body is stronger than that of all snakes
174:seem to have been composed to expand on the forty
122:or any monsters dragging their excessive weights.
1014:
131:and not to my teeth do I owe my sinister power,
953:
104:Est mihi, sed mea uim uiolentem cauda tenebit.
74:Cristatusque uolans pulcher turbabitur aether.
69:Concitus aethereis uolitans miscebor et auris,
113:aroused, I fly fluttering into the lofty air
99:Aethereum flatum; nec dentibus austera uirtus
84:Reptile sum superans gestantia pondus inorme.
64:Horridus horriferas speluncae cumbo latebras,
923:
79:Corpore uipereas monstra uel cetera turmas
60:
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94:Atque per angustas assumunt uiscera uenas
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89:Inmanisque ferus preparuo pascitur ore,
1015:
941:Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England
1033:Texts of Anglo-Saxon England in Latin
979:Williams, Mary Jane McDonald (1974).
909:Williams, Mary Jane McDonald (1974).
887:
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981:The Riddles of Tatwine and Eusebius
911:The Riddles of Tatwine and Eusebius
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954:Salvador-Bello, Mercedes (2014).
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926:Isidorean Perceptions of Order
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939:Thornbury, Emily V. (2014).
789:de y<ppo>potamo pisce
7:
525:de <a>etate et saltu
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152:Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Priory
10:
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503:de humilitate et superbia
404:de iniquitate et iustitia
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800:de oc<h>enao pisce
61:
704:camelopard (chameleon)
528:cycle and moon's leap
160:Commentary on I Samuel
27:
22:End of the riddles of
1028:Medieval Latin poetry
745:de anfibina serpente
657:de chelidro serpente
407:iniquity and justice
21:
855:de psi<t>taco
803:ship-retaining fish
723:de scitali serpente
209:English translation
55:English translation
748:two-headed serpent
506:humility and pride
459:de <a>equore
382:de p<h>lasca
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492:de die bissextile
198:
184:riddles of Aldhelm
176:riddles of Tatwine
47:
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811:de turpedo pisce
756:de saura lacerto
561:parchment-sheets
470:de morte et uita
437:de terra et mare
294:de uento et igne
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734:de die et nocte
726:piebald serpent
679:de tigri bestia
536:de atramentorio
371:de igne et aqua
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172:Enigmata Eusebii
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473:death and life
374:fire and water
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869:horned owl.
712:de leopardo
572:book-wallet
558:de membrano
206:Latin title
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1000:Exeter Book
690:de pantera
668:de dracone
580:de flumine
514:de candela
448:de sermone
283:de littera
154:, based on
1017:Categories
876:References
866:de bubone
844:de noctua
778:de cymera
613:de uitulo
602:de gladio
569:de scetha
250:de homine
239:de demone
228:de angelo
142:Authorship
24:Symphosius
770:scorpion
646:de pisce
624:de pullo
591:de penna
539:ink-horn
481:de animo
393:de cruce
349:de uacca
305:de alpha
272:de terra
261:de caelo
148:Hwætberht
996:Enigmata
836:ostrich
781:chimera
715:leopard
693:panther
627:chicken
547:de cera
426:de domo
341:bullock
338:de boue
327:de luna
316:de sole
286:letters
190:Contents
1023:Riddles
899:209-71.
858:parrot
759:lizard
671:dragon
517:candle
451:speech
264:heaven
217:de Deo
203:Number
180:Tatwine
166:Origins
40:Example
1004:Viator
962:
847:owlet
825:stork
682:tiger
605:sword
594:quill
583:river
484:heart
429:house
396:cross
385:flask
308:alpha
275:earth
231:angel
156:Bede's
649:fish
616:calf
330:moon
960:ISBN
550:wax
462:sea
352:cow
319:sun
253:man
220:God
170:The
30:The
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852:59
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