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A medieval storybook.
- Title
- A medieval storybook. Drawings by Alison Mason Kingsbury.
- Author
- Bishop, Morris, 1893-1973.
- Publication
- Ithaca, Cornell University Press [1970]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | D-20 862 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- viii, 312 p. illus.; 22 cm.
- Subject
- Tales, Medieval
- Contents
- I. Romances of King Arthur's Court: The story of Merlin -- The sword in the stone -- Launcelot, Elaine, and Guenever / Sir Thomas Malory -- Tristan's end -- II. Adventures and escapades: The story of Frithjof and Ingebjorg -- Amleth's revenge / Saxo Grammaticus -- A knight who made a bargain with a merchant -- A story beyond the sea -- The cruelty of Francesco Orsini / Giovanni Fiorentino -- A night in Naples / Giovanni Boccaccio -- III. Lovers' Weal and Woe: The dapple-gray palfrey / Huon Leroi -- The lay of the Nightingale / Marie de France -- The Falcon / Giovanni Boccaccio -- IV. Wonders and Prodigies: The life of Saint Brandon / Jacobus de Voragine -- The famous history of Friar Bacon -- V. Moral Tales: the execrable devices of old women -- Of the cunning of the devil, and of the secret judgments of God -- Of the transgressions and wounds of the soul -- Of extreme fear -- The marvelous conversion of the Blessed Hildegund, Virgin / Caesarius of Heisterbach -- The cleric who deflowered a Jewish maiden -- How the novice Theobald conquered his pride / Caesarius of Heisterbach -- Friar Juniper -- VI. Merry Tales and Salty Fictions: Of the churl who won Paradise -- A dean and a magician -- King Ben Abit and Queen Romaquia / Juan Manuel -- A profound judgment -- The pear tree -- Fra Cipolla / Giovanni Boccaccio -- A father's wise counsel -- The rustic ambassadors -- The noble crest -- Sacchetti and the astrologer -- The blind man of Orvieto / Franco Sacchetti -- The Reeve's tale / Geoffrey Chaucer.
- Call Number
- D-20 862
- ISBN
- 0801405629
- LCCN
- 72109334 //r963
- OCLC
- 79648
- Author
- Bishop, Morris, 1893-1973. Compiler
- Title
- A medieval storybook. Drawings by Alison Mason Kingsbury.
- Imprint
- Ithaca, Cornell University Press [1970]
- Research Call Number
- D-20 862