Legends and satires from mediaeval literature /
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Boston :
Ginn,
[1913]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Proem: Of man's body. Of Man's soul
- Debate: The amorous contention of Phillis and Flora. The pleading of the Rose and of the Violet
- Vision: The purgatory of Saint Patrick
- Saints' lives: The life of Saint Brandon, The life of Saint Margaret
- Pious tales: A miracle of God's body. A miracle of the Virgin, The translation of Saint Thomas of Canterbury
- Allegory: An extract from "The castle of love"
- "The castle of love"
- Bestiary: Lion, Eagle, Whale, Siren
- Lapidary: Diamond, Sapphire, Amethyst. Geratite, Cheildonius, Coral, Hellotrope, Pearl, Pantheros; Symbolism of the carbuncia; Symbolism of the twelve stones
- Homily: Concerning miracle plays, games, and minstrelay. Satire: The song of the University of Paris. The land of Cockaygne. The complaint of the husbandman, Sir Penny
- Lay: Sir Orfeo
- Notes.