Gesta Romanorum

/ ˈdʒɛstə ˌrəʊməˈnɔːrəm /

noun

a popular collection of tales in Latin with moral applications, compiled in the late 13th century as a manual for preachers

Latin: deeds of the Romans

Similar stories in which the nightingale is slain by an angry husband occur in Renard contrefait and in the Gesta Romanorum.

The collection of tales, each with a moral, known as the Gesta Romanorum, would make especially attractive reading.

The story is in the Gesta Romanorum, the tale of the bond being ch.

The title is a curious woodcut with the words "Gesta Romanorum" engraved in an odd-shaped black letter.

Oesterley, No. 682, and in the same editor's notes to the Gesta Romanorum, cap.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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