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 June 8, 2025.

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DCCLXII.
Thomam Martirem honorant angeli.

We rede in his 'Legend̛' þat when̛ he was slayn̛, & þe covent of Cantyrberie began̛ for hym̛ þe mes of Requiem, sodanlie a company of aungels was þer, & with a hy voyce abown̛ aƚƚ þe quere þai began̛ to syng mes, & said̛; " Letabitur iustus in Domino." And onone as þe monkis hard̛ þaim, þai felowid̛ and sang as þai did̛ þe mes furtℏ, as þai did̛, of a martyr.

  • ... Thomam orans avis exaudita est. Supra de ave, ij.
  • ... Tonitruum. Supra de tempestate.

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  • ...
  • ...Torneamentum vicit miles absens. Supra de Maria.
  • ...Tribulacio. Tribulatos deus multipliciter consolatur. Supra de infirmitate, de consolacione et in alijs pluribus locis.
  • ...Tristicia nocet homini. Supra de desperacione, j. et de accidia, j.
  • ...Turba est fugienda. Supra de solitudine, j, ij et iij.

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