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August 1977

Vol. 5 The Metrical Life of Christ

Purchase this volume Edited by Walter Sauer (1977). Edited from MS BM Add. 39996 Walter Sauer (ed.) The Metrical Life of Christ (mid fifteenth century) is a unique text of 5519 lines in short rhymed couplets. Its anonymous author has combined the main Gospel episodes with traditional, apocryphal and legendary material to form a continuous narrative which, however, still betrays… Read More »Vol. 5 The Metrical Life of Christ