Matthew Payne
Biographic Data
| ID | 3596367 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Payne |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Payne |
| SIGNATURE | PAYNE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5058-7282 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Horsing Around
This article argues that the text of a hendecasyllabic fragment of Cinna, transmitted by Aulus Gellius, is defective, and that a neglected conjecture made by the sixteenth-century scholar Gyraldus gives a better reading . mannis , a loanword from Cisalpine Gaulish, may be the first usage of this word in Roman literature. Furthermore, reading mannis allows for the recognition of echoes of Cinna’s poem in the elegies of Ovid and Propertius. While G…
Books Kept at the Shrine of Edward the Confessor at Westminster Abbey in the Late Middle Ages
Three late medieval inventories of the chapel surrounding the shrine of St Edward the Confessor at Westminster Abbey, London, record the presence of a number of books and pamphlets among the relics and liturgical paraphernalia. This article discusses these books, their significance and the reason for their maintenance at the shrine, and offers possible identifications with several surviving manuscripts
Elizabeth Woodville and the Chapel of St Erasmus at Westminster Abbey
In 1502 the 13th-century Lady Chapel at the east end of Westminster Abbey was demolished to make way for its new incarnation. Clearance of the site also required the destruction of a chapel dedicated to St Erasmus, which had stood on the south side of the Lady Chapel for only a quarter of a century. This article explores the documentary evidence for the short-lived St Erasmus chapel, from its construction at the behest of Elizabeth Woodville in t…
Torture, Truth and National Security in Seneca's Troades
This article argues that the encounter between Andromache and Ulysses in Seneca's Troades engages with the genre of declamation to juxtapose two different discourses surrounding torture: one focussed on torture's connection to truth, the other on its connection to tyranny. It describes how the Greek general Ulysses, convinced of the danger of letting the Trojan prince Astyanax live, threatens his mother Andromache with physical torture in order t…
Debating Perseverance
The Medieval Sacristy of Westminster Abbey
This paper draws upon documentary, visual and archaeological evidence to chart the development of the sacristy of Westminster Abbey from its construction as one of the earliest parts of the abbey’s thirteenth-century rebuilding to its demolition in the mid-eighteenth century − a story that reflects wider changes of religious and political history
Edward the Confessor’s Shrine in Westminster Abbey
In an earlier paper that looked at the dating of Edward the Confessor’s shrine at Westminster Abbey and which was published in volume 97 of The Antiquaries Journal , the authors suggested that a scribal error in the recording of the original inscription by the fifteenth-century monk Richard Sporley may have led to the incorrect date of 1279 being given for the construction (or, at least, completion) of the shrine. As a result of the debate arouse…
Rediscovering John Donne’s Catalogus librorum satyricus
This article introduces a previously unknown manuscript copy of a satirical book-list in Latin by John Donne, known as the Catalogus librorum satyricus or The Courtier’s Library. The manuscript (which we call WA2) was discovered at Westminster Abbey in autumn 2016, and is the earliest surviving witness of the Catalogus. A transcription of the new copy is supplied, with textual and bibliographical observations, an examination of its provenance, an…
Edward the Confessor’s Shrine in Westminster Abbey
This paper re-evaluates the evidence for the dating of Edward the Confessor’s shrine at Westminster Abbey, which has been the subject of debate for many years. The paper presents a new argument that the manuscript evidence for a later date is based on an identifiable scribal error, locates the source of this error and postulates an alternative original reading of the inscription on the shrine pedestal
The Islip Roll Re-Examined
The mortuary roll of John Islip (1464–1532), Abbot of Westminster, is the finest example of its kind to survive in England. The drawings, possibly by Gerard Horenbout, afford the only views of the interior of Westminster Abbey before the Dissolution. The discovery of eighteenth-century copies of an unknown, coloured version of the roll provides important new evidence for both the circumstances of the production and the later history of both rolls…
Kermit E. McKenzie, 1924-2008
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Viktor Turin's Turksib (1929) and Soviet Orientalism
2001). Viktor Turin's Turksib (1929) and Soviet Orientalism. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 37-62
Industry, State, and Society in Stalin's Russia, 1926-1934 . David R. Shearer
Muscovyas the Basis for a Bureaucratic State
Viktor Turin's Turksib (1929) and Soviet Orientalism
2001). Viktor Turin's Turksib (1929) and Soviet Orientalism. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 37-62
Edward the Confessor’s Shrine in Westminster Abbey
This paper re-evaluates the evidence for the dating of Edward the Confessor’s shrine at Westminster Abbey, which has been the subject of debate for many years. The paper presents a new argument that the manuscript evidence for a later date is based on an identifiable scribal error, locates the source of this error and postulates an alternative original reading of the inscription on the shrine pedestal
The Medieval Sacristy of Westminster Abbey
This paper draws upon documentary, visual and archaeological evidence to chart the development of the sacristy of Westminster Abbey from its construction as one of the earliest parts of the abbey’s thirteenth-century rebuilding to its demolition in the mid-eighteenth century − a story that reflects wider changes of religious and political history
Muscovyas the Basis for a Bureaucratic State
Industry, State, and Society in Stalin's Russia, 1926-1934 . David R. Shearer
Viktor Turin's Turksib (1929) and Soviet Orientalism
2001). Viktor Turin's Turksib (1929) and Soviet Orientalism. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 37-62
Kermit E. McKenzie, 1924-2008
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Rediscovering John Donne’s Catalogus librorum satyricus
This article introduces a previously unknown manuscript copy of a satirical book-list in Latin by John Donne, known as the Catalogus librorum satyricus or The Courtier’s Library. The manuscript (which we call WA2) was discovered at Westminster Abbey in autumn 2016, and is the earliest surviving witness of the Catalogus. A transcription of the new copy is supplied, with textual and bibliographical observations, an examination of its provenance, an…
Edward the Confessor’s Shrine in Westminster Abbey
This paper re-evaluates the evidence for the dating of Edward the Confessor’s shrine at Westminster Abbey, which has been the subject of debate for many years. The paper presents a new argument that the manuscript evidence for a later date is based on an identifiable scribal error, locates the source of this error and postulates an alternative original reading of the inscription on the shrine pedestal
The Islip Roll Re-Examined
The mortuary roll of John Islip (1464–1532), Abbot of Westminster, is the finest example of its kind to survive in England. The drawings, possibly by Gerard Horenbout, afford the only views of the interior of Westminster Abbey before the Dissolution. The discovery of eighteenth-century copies of an unknown, coloured version of the roll provides important new evidence for both the circumstances of the production and the later history of both rolls…
Edward the Confessor’s Shrine in Westminster Abbey
In an earlier paper that looked at the dating of Edward the Confessor’s shrine at Westminster Abbey and which was published in volume 97 of The Antiquaries Journal , the authors suggested that a scribal error in the recording of the original inscription by the fifteenth-century monk Richard Sporley may have led to the incorrect date of 1279 being given for the construction (or, at least, completion) of the shrine. As a result of the debate arouse…
The Medieval Sacristy of Westminster Abbey
This paper draws upon documentary, visual and archaeological evidence to chart the development of the sacristy of Westminster Abbey from its construction as one of the earliest parts of the abbey’s thirteenth-century rebuilding to its demolition in the mid-eighteenth century − a story that reflects wider changes of religious and political history
Debating Perseverance
Elizabeth Woodville and the Chapel of St Erasmus at Westminster Abbey
In 1502 the 13th-century Lady Chapel at the east end of Westminster Abbey was demolished to make way for its new incarnation. Clearance of the site also required the destruction of a chapel dedicated to St Erasmus, which had stood on the south side of the Lady Chapel for only a quarter of a century. This article explores the documentary evidence for the short-lived St Erasmus chapel, from its construction at the behest of Elizabeth Woodville in t…
Torture, Truth and National Security in Seneca's Troades
This article argues that the encounter between Andromache and Ulysses in Seneca's Troades engages with the genre of declamation to juxtapose two different discourses surrounding torture: one focussed on torture's connection to truth, the other on its connection to tyranny. It describes how the Greek general Ulysses, convinced of the danger of letting the Trojan prince Astyanax live, threatens his mother Andromache with physical torture in order t…
Books Kept at the Shrine of Edward the Confessor at Westminster Abbey in the Late Middle Ages
Three late medieval inventories of the chapel surrounding the shrine of St Edward the Confessor at Westminster Abbey, London, record the presence of a number of books and pamphlets among the relics and liturgical paraphernalia. This article discusses these books, their significance and the reason for their maintenance at the shrine, and offers possible identifications with several surviving manuscripts
Horsing Around
This article argues that the text of a hendecasyllabic fragment of Cinna, transmitted by Aulus Gellius, is defective, and that a neglected conjecture made by the sixteenth-century scholar Gyraldus gives a better reading . mannis , a loanword from Cisalpine Gaulish, may be the first usage of this word in Roman literature. Furthermore, reading mannis allows for the recognition of echoes of Cinna’s poem in the elegies of Ovid and Propertius. While G…
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