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
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 April 27, 2025.

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DCCC.
Ymago Christi miracula facit.

Eusebius tellis of þe womman̛ þat was callid̛ Emorissa, þat was clensyd̛ of hur sekenes be þe tuching of owr̛ Lordis hem̛, sho garte make ane ymage after Cryste with clothyng & His hem̛ as sho saw Hym̛, & oft sithis sho wurshippid̛ it, & sho sett it in hur garte, & aƚƚ þe herbys grew þer [MS. vppon, erased.] vnder-nethe þat befor̛ was of no vertue, when̛ þai grew vp & tuchyd̛ þe hem̛ þeroff þai war of suche vertue at þai heli[d] many folke þat war seke. And as Ierom̛ tellis, Iulianus had it away & sett þer[in] hys awn̛ ymage, and belyfe a blaste of levenyng come & smate it down̛ & burn[yd it].

  • ...Ymago crucifixi sanguinem emisit. Supra de crucifixo.
  • ...Ymago beate virginis infectionem MS. temptacionem. mitigauit. Supra de Maria, x.
  • ...Ymago beate virginis anulum a puero suscepit. Supra de puero.

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