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Vol. 9 Three Lives from the Gilte Legende

Purchase this volume Edited by Richard Hamer (1978), Edited from MS B.L. Egerton 876. Richard Hamer (ed.) The Gilte Legende of ca. 1438 is justly considered the most important prose translation of the Legenda Aurea into Middle English, and is often preferred to Caxton’s Golden Legend, on account of its fluent and natural style.  This edition was published in 1978… Read More »Vol. 9 Three Lives from the Gilte Legende

Vol. 4 An East Midland Revision of the South English Legendary

Purchase this volume Edited by Manfred Görlach (1976) A selection from MS C.U.L Add. 3039. Manfred Görlach (ed.) By the early fifteenth century the South English Legendary had spread from its original home in SW England to the East Midlands.  It is now difficult to determine how popular the collection was in these regions before the verse texts were superseded… Read More »Vol. 4 An East Midland Revision of the South English Legendary

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