The Abridged Life of Christ in two MSS of the
South English Legendary,
preceeded by a five-line Prologue (
376).
Note: Possibly a continuation of
6345,
which it always follows in the MSS. In part an abridgement of
6380. Concluding section on ‘Signs and
Judgment’ also occurs separately; see
4622,
5278.
Title(s):
South English Legendary
Subjects: Christ, life of; prologues
Versification: —
two-line —
aa
2.Source: London, British Library Egerton 1993, ff. 21-26
v
First Lines:Of one prophete ich wol now telle ihote was Zakane
Is wif het elisabeþ & godes moder marie…
Last Lines:…Þe sonne was blak hit was eclips aȝen kinnde inow
Ne miñte þe sonne schine lengore þan he to deþe drow
Note: 472 lines; lower half of f. 26 ruled but left blank.
Brown and Robbins (1943)
XCarleton Fairchild Brown, and Rossell Hope Robbins.
The Index of Middle English Verse.
New York: Printed for the Index Society by Columbia University Press,
1943
lists this as ending on folio 26.