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 4, 2025.
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CCCCXXIII. Katerine Virginis.
Som tyme þer come a monk of Rothomagence vnto þe
monkes & þe abbay þat is on̛ þe Mownte of
Synay, and þer he abade in serves of God & Saynt
Katryn̛ vij yere. And he was a passand devoute man̛; and he
prayed evur vnto Saynt Katryn̛ at he mott hafe som̛
relykk̘ of hur bonys. And sodanlie, as he satt at his prayers,
þer was putt in his hand̛, at he wiste nevur how come, hur
little fynger; and he thankid̛ God þerof, & Saynt
Katryn̛, & had it home vnto his monasterie, and þer it
is wurshuppid̛ vnto þis day.
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