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
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Etienne de, Besançon, d. 1294
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Banks, Mary Macleod
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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

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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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