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
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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 8, 2025.
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CCCXLV. Gregorio celebranti angeli respondent.
On a tyme when̛ Saynt Gregur opon̛ Pacℏ day sang
mes in Rome, in Sancta Maria Maiori, and sayd̛, " Pax Domini," et c̛, Aungels of our̛
Lorde ansswerd̛ hym̛ and sayd̛; " Et cum spiritu tuo." And herefor̛ þe
pope at þat kurk̘ ordand̛ þe stacion̛
vppon̛ Pacℏ day. And in witnes here-of, when̛ þe
pope synges þer on̛ þat day and says, " Pax Domini," þer ansswerd̛ no body
hym̛.
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