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 29, 2025.
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XCII. Ad-huc de Sancto Augustino.
Som tyme þer was a man̛ þat was ravisshid̛
in his spiritt, & he saw many Saynttis in grete ioy; & emangis
aƚƚ oþer hym̛ thoght þat he cuthe not se Saynt
Austyn̛. And he spyrrid̛ one of þe
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Saynttis whar Saynt Austyn̛ was, and he ansswerd̛
agayn̛ & sayd̛; "Saynt Austyn̛ is in a hy place;
þer he is disputand̛ of þe ioy of þe holie
Trinytie. Thus men̛ may Se þat he is a holie Saynt."
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