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

Gesta Romanorum translated from the Latin by the Rev. Charles Swan, revised and corrected by Wynnard Hooper, B.A.

From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Edwin Sidney Hartland

The place of composition of the most famous of all, the Gesta Romanorum, has been fairly settled to be England, though the original language of composition is not likely to have been other than Latin.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by George Saintsbury

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 William Alexander Clouston

DOUCE, Francis.—Illustrations of Shakespeare, and of Ancient Manners: with Dissertations on the Clowns and Fools of Shakespeare; on the collection of Popular Tales entitled Gesta Romanorum; and on the English Morris Dance.

From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various

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 Benjamin Taylor