Horstmann, Carl, ed., Altenglische legenden (Heilbronn: Gebr. Henninger) Read this source online
Text name(s): Old English Legends; Life of the Apostle Andrew; Life of Bishop Nicholas; Life if St. Lucia; Life of the Apostle Thomas; Life of St. Anastasia; Life of St. Stephen; Life of St. John the Evangelist; Life of Thomas of Canterbury; Life of St. Agatha; Festival of the Annunciation to blessed Mary; Festival of the holy apostles Philip and Jacob; Mary Magdalene; Christina, Virgin and Martyr; Life of St. Jacob; Life of Bishop Sixtus; History of Laurencio; Assumption of the blessed Mary; Passion of Bartholomew; John the Baptist: Passion of the apostles Simon and Judas; Alexius; St. Eustas; Saint Margaret; Saint Katherine; St. Erkenwald; The Legend of St. Wolfade and Ruffyn; Child of Bristowe; Tale of the Smyth and his Dame; Legend of the Good Knight and the Jealous Woman; Tale of an Incestuous Daughter; Legend of the Crucifix; Ipotis; The Stations of Jerusalem; St. Giles; Sts. Edmund and Fremund; St. Margaret; St. Christopher; Ypotys
Number of pages of primary source text: 526
Author(s):
Dates: 1300 - 1500
Archival Reference: Ms. Harl. 4196; Ms. Cott. Tiber. E VII; Ashmole 42; and others
Original Language(s):
- English - Middle English
Translation:
- Original language included.
Translation Comments:
Geopolitical Region(s):
- England
County/Region:
Record Types:
- Hagiography
- Literature - Verse
Subject Headings:
- Literature - Devotional
- Piety - Lay
- Saints
Apparatus:
Comments:
This is a German edition of several Middle English devotional texts and saints’ lives. The complete book is available on the Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse website.
Introduction Summary:
The introduction is in German.
Cataloger: MK
