Beschreibung:
An edition of two Old English versions of the colourful legend of St Margaret of Antioch.
List of plates; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations (including sigla used in referring to versions of the legend of St Margaret); Introduction; 1. The legend of St Margaret of Antioch; 2. The Latin versions of the legend; 3. The treatment of the legend in the Mombritius and pre-Mombritius tradition; 4. The legend of St Margaret in Anglo-Saxon England; 5. The cult of St Margaret in Anglo-Saxon England; 6. Manuscripts; 7. The language of the Old English texts; The Old English Life of St Margaret in Cotton Tiberius A. iii (composite text); The Old English Life of St Margaret in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 303; Appendix 1: the A text of Cotton Tiberius A. iii; Appendix 2: the Latin Passio S. Margaretae in Paris, BN, lat. 5574; Appendix 3: the Latin 'Casinensis' version of the legend; Bibliography.