Gesta Romanorum

British  

/ ˈdʒɛstə ˌrəʊməˈnɔːrəm /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Gesta Romanorum

Latin: deeds of the Romans

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Gesta Romanorum

Sir Frederick Madden's editions of "Havelok the Dane" was issued in 1828, of the Romance of "William and the Werwolf" in 1832, and of the old English version of "Gesta Romanorum" in 1838.

From How to Form a Library, 2nd ed by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin

In the Gesta Romanorum there is a story of a knight who went to Palestine, and who while there was shown by an Eastern magician in a mirror what was going on at home.

From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Taylor, Benjamin

We shall close this one with a story which was popular in Europe during the Middle Ages, being found in one of the great collections of that period, the Gesta Romanorum.

From Italian Popular Tales by Crane, Thomas Frederick

This story of the Florentine noodle—or rather Poggio's version—may have been suggested by a tale in the Gesta Romanorum, in which the emperor's physician is made to believe that he had leprosy.

From The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies by Clouston, William Alexander

In the "Gesta Romanorum," that medieval repository of accumulated narratives, the element of setting is nearly as non-existent as the element of background in the frescoes of Pompeii.

From Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews by Hamilton, Clayton Meeker