Miracle of the Virgin Mary, the Wicked Knight and the Friar — in 12-line
stanzas (aabccbddbeeb)
Title(s): Miracle of the Virgin Mary, the Wicked Knight and the Friar
Subjects: Virgin Mary, miracles of; miracles; friars
Versification: —
twelve-line —
aabccbddbeeb
1.Source: Lincoln, Lincoln Cathedral Library 91 [Robert Thornton MS], ff. 147
rb-148
rb
First Lines:Ihesu lorde in trinyte
Þat was & es and aye schall
be…
Last Lines:…Þus Endis here our talkyng
Ihesu till h blysse
vs brynge
Þat es euer lastande
Note: Only lines 1-97 and last 43 lines due to loss of folios between 147 and
148; part of f. 147 torn away with loss of text;nineteenth-century transcript in
London, British Library Egerton 2257, f. 95.
Attributed Title: De Miraculo Beate Marie (f.147rb)
Editions:
Brewer, Derek Stanley, and A. E. B. Owen.
“Introduction.”
The Thornton Manuscript (Lincoln Cathedral MS. 91).
London: Scolar Press, 1975.
Horstmann, Carl.
Altenglische Legenden: Neue Folge.
Heilbronn: Henninger, 1881: 503-4.