Chaucer and the Pseudo Origen 'De Maria Magdalena': A Preliminary Study
- Author / Editor
- McCall, John P.
Chaucer and the Pseudo Origen 'De Maria Magdalena': A Preliminary Study
- Published
- Speculum 46 (1971): 491-509.
- Description
- Examines the dating, authorship, textual history, and medieval popularity of "De Maria Magdelena," attributed to Origen, as a basis for exploring Chaucer's use of it in his "Orygenes upon the Maudeleyne," cited in LGWP F427 (G418) and here regarded as an early work. Includes a checklist of Latin manuscripts of the sermon.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
- Legend of Good Women