Alphabet of tales : an English 15th century translation of the Alphabetum narrationum of Etienne de Besançon, from Additional MS. 25,719 of the British Museum / by Etienne de Besançon
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Alphabet of tales : an English 15th century translation of the Alphabetum narrationum of Etienne de Besançon, from Additional MS. 25,719 of the British Museum / by Etienne de Besançon
Author
Etienne de, Besançon, d. 1294
Editor
Banks, Mary Macleod
Publication
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co., Ltd.
1904, 1905
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"Alphabet of tales : an English 15th century translation of the Alphabetum narrationum of Etienne de Besançon, from Additional MS. 25,719 of the British Museum / by Etienne de Besançon." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AlphTales. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 12, 2025.
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CCXLII. Dedicacio. Dedicacione ecclesie expellitur ab
ea demon̛.
Saynt Gregur tellis in his Dyaloggis, how on̛ a tyme a kurk
of þe Arryans was gyffen̛ vnto Cristen̛ men̛; and
þai garte halow
descriptionPage 170
itt. And þe relikkis of Saynt Sebastian̛, & Saynt
Agnes & Saynt Agas [Latin MSS. relique ... sancte Agathe.] war broght thedur,
aƚƚ þe peple at was gadderd̛ thedur felid̛
þe grond̛ in the kurk-dure quake, & mofe
heder-ward̛ & þedurward̛. And when̛
þai wer with-in þe kirk, þai felid̛ nothyng
þeroff. And þai had grete merveƚƚ here-off, and
aƚƚ-myghti God lete þaim aƚƚ hafe a knowlege þat
it was þe fend̛ þat garte þe ertℏ stir
when̛ he went furthe of þat place & it was
halowd̛. et c̛.
...Defectus proximorum non sunt reuelandi
indifferenter. Supra de celacione.
...Defunctis valent indulgencie. Infra de indulgencijs.
...Defunctis prosunt suffragia. Infra de suffragijs.
...Defuncti adiuuantur orationibus viuorum. Infra de
oratione.
...Defunctis valent misse pro eis dicte. Infra de
mortuis.
...Defunctis [conueniunt] From the Latin MSS. que
infra dicuntur de mortuis.
...Delectacio. Delectant Or delectantur. MS. not clear. aliquando aliqui in modicis. Supra de Basilio.
...Delectabile non est videre malos. Infra de videre.
...Deleccio
mala est fugienda. Infra de periculis.
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