The English register of Oseney abbey / by Oxford, written about 1460. Ed., with an introduction and indexes, by Andrew Clark.
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- The English register of Oseney abbey / by Oxford, written about 1460. Ed., with an introduction and indexes, by Andrew Clark.
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- London :: Pub. for the Early English text society, by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd.,
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"The English register of Oseney abbey / by Oxford, written about 1460. Ed., with an introduction and indexes, by Andrew Clark." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AHA2740.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2025.
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THE MIRROURE OF THE LYFE OF CRYSTE
[a ['a' is omitted, space being left for an illuminated letter. In the remaining chapters, the initial is a small letter, and space is left to sub|stitute an illuminated one.] ] t the begynnynge the proheme of the booke þat is cleped þe mirroure of þe blessede lyfe of Ihu Cryste [The Life of Christ.]
| Monday. | Prima pars pro die Lune | |
| i. Legend. | Capitulum primum [Notice that the number for each chapter follows the abstract of its contents.] | a devoute meditacion of þe grete cownseyle in heuen for þe restorynge of mn & hys saluation |
| ii. Legend. | [Capitulum secundum [Omitted in the MS.] ] | o f the maner of lyuynge of the blessed virgyn mayden mary |
| iii. Lk. i. 26-38. | Capitulum tercium | o f the incarnacion of Ihu & þe feste of the annunciacion and of the gretynge Aue maria |
| iv. Lk. i. 39-41. | Capitulum quartum | h ow þat owre lady wente to Elisabeth & mekely grette her |
| v. Mt. i. 18-25. | Capitulum quintum | h ow Joseph thoȝhte priuely to leue owre lady seynte mary |
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| vi. Lk. ii. 6-20. | Capitulum vjm | o f the Natiuite of our lord Ihu criste |
| vii. Lk. ii. 21. | Capitulum vijm | o f the circumcision of our lorde iesu |
| viii. Mt. ii. 1-12. | Capitulum octauum | o f the epiphany þat is cleped þe open schewynge of god |
| ix. Lk. ii. 22-39. | Capitulum nonum | o f the purificacion of oure lady Seynte marye |
| Tuesday. | s ecunda pars pro die martis | |
| x. Mt. ii. 13-8. | Capitulum decimum | [o [Omitted in MS.] ] f the fleyinge of oure lorde ihu in-to egipte |
| xi. Mt. ii. 19-23. | Capitulum xim | o f the turnynge of oure lorde ihu from Egypte |
| xii. Lk. ii. 43-50. | Capitulum xijm | h Ow þe chylde Jhesu was lefte allone in ieru|salem |
| xiii. Legend. | Capitulum xiijm | w hat maner of lyuynge oure lorde ihc hade & what he did fro hys twelve yeer vn-to þe begynnynge of hys xxxti yeere |
| xiv. Mt. iii. 13-17. | Capitulum xiiiim | o f the baptyme of oure lorde ihu & þe weye þerto |
| Wednesday. | [t] ercia pars pro die mercurij | |
| xv. Mt. iv. 1-11. | Capitulum xvm | o f the fastynge of our lorde ihu and hys tempta|cions in deserte |
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| xvi. Mt. iv. 17-22. | Capitulum xvjm | h Ow oure lorde ihu began to teche & gedre his discipuls |
| xvii. Jn. ii. 1-11. | Capitulum xviim | o f the miracle doen, at þe bridale, of water turned in-to wyne |
| xviii. Mt. v-vii. | Capitulum xviijm | o f that excellente sermon of our lorde ihu in þe hylle |
| xix. Mk. ii. 1-12; Jn. iv. 46-54. | Capitulum xixm | o f the seruaunte [of] Centurio and þe sonne of the lytelle Kynge heled of oure lorde ihu criste |
| xx. Mt. ix. 1-8. | Capitulum vicesimum | o f þe paralityke man lette down in hys bedde by hys howse hyllynge and heled of our lorde ihu cryste þroughe þe beleve off theyme þat bare hym |
| xxi. Lk. viii. 43-8: Legend. | Capitulum xxjm | h Ow þat martha was heledde of here sekenesse be towchynge of þe hemme of our lordes clothe |
| xxii. Legend: Lk. viii. 2. | Capitulum xxijm | o f the conuersion of mary maudeleyn |
| xxiii. Jn. iv. 1-26. | Capitulum xxiijm | o f the Spekynge of our lorde ihc with þe woman Samarytane atte þe pytte of water |
| xxiv. Mt. xii. 1-9. | Capitulum xxiiijm | h Ow þe disciples of ihu plucked þe eerys of corne & eten þeim for hunger on þe sabaoth day |
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| Thursday. | Quarta pars pro die Jouis | |
| xxv. Jn. vi. 1-14. | Capitulum vieesimum quintum | o f þe fedynge of þe grete peple with brede multiplyede |
| xxvi. Jn. vi. 15. | Capitulum xxvjm | o f the fleyinge of our lorde ihc when þe peple wolde haue made hym þeire Kynge |
| xxvii. Jn. vi. 16-21. | Capitulum xxvijm | o f the preyer of our lorde ihu in the hylle and how After he comme to hys disciples goynge |
| xxviii. Mk. vii. 11-3. | Capitulum xxviijm | h Ow þe pharisees & oþer token occasion & sclawnder off þe wordes and dedes of Ihu Criste |
| xxix. Mt. xix. 27-30. | Capitulum xxixm | o f þe specialle rewarde of our lorde Ihu behoten to alle þo þat forsake þe worlde for his luffe |
| xxx. Mk. ix. 1-10. [un|finished.] | [Capitulum xxxm [In leaving off, the writer has not even added the number of the last chapter of which he gives the summary. The headings given in this fragment correspond exactly with John Morton's Englishing of Bonaventura's Vita Christi, printed by Caxton and by Wynkyn de Worde.] ] | o f the transfiguracion of oure lorde ihu in þe hylle. |