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Libra Esoterica

History of the holy rood-tree

a twelfth century version of the cross-legend with notes on the orthography of the Ormulum and a middle English Compassio Mariae

by Arthur Sampson Napier, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Library. Manuscript. 343 & Arthur Arthur Sampson Napier

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Languages: English, ENM
  • Content type: Primary source

Includes bibliographical references 35

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Legends”. Retained metadata contains “legend” in the subtitle, “Legends” in the subject metadata, and “legend” in the edition subtitle.

    • Legends· via Internet Archive
    • Legends· via Open Library
    • legend· in subtitle
    • Legends· in subject
    • legend· in edition subtitle

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a twelfth century version of the cross-legend with notes on the orthography of the Ormulum and a middle English Compassio Mariae

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1894-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : Publisht for the Early English Text Society by Kegan Paul, Trench, TrübnerEnglishPublic digitized item

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Pratt - University of Toronto
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 1 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL18481794W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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