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First entereth Wisdom

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Designing English: Graphics on the medieval page
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In the play Wisdom, the devil tempts three godly people into sins – lust and other ‘French fashions’. MS. Digby 133, fol. 158r. Copied in the late 1400s. Read by Arka Chakraborty, Matthew Day, Ben Sims, Daniel Sawyer.

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Listeneth now and beth not deaf!

A travelling preacher recites a poem, warning about the horrors of death. MS. Add. E. 6 (R). Copied in the late 1200s. Read by Daniel Wakelin.
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If it be played

In the play The Burial of Christ, Joseph, Mary Magdalen and three other women cry out when they see Jesus on the Cross. MS. e Musaeo 160, fol. 141r. Copied c. 1518–1520. Read by Helen Appleton, Angela O'Brien, Daniel Sawyer, Wing Tan Lai.
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Designing English: Graphics on the medieval page
People
Arka Chakraborty
Matthew Day
Ben Sims
Daniel Sawyer
Keywords
designing english
english
medieval
Department: Bodleian Libraries
Date Added: 16/01/2018
Duration: 00:01:29

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