Saint Christopher (prose narrative)
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Saint Christopher (prose narrative) is an Old English prose retelling of the legend of Saint Christopher, preserved in the Nowell Codex alongside works like Beowulf.
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old English prose text
ⓘ
hagiographic narrative ⓘ retelling of the legend of Saint Christopher ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Beowulf
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old English homiletic and hagiographic texts ⓘ |
| basedOn | legend of Saint Christopher ⓘ |
| circulation | known from a single major manuscript (Nowell Codex) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| genre |
hagiography
ⓘ
religious prose ⓘ |
| language | Old English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | saints’ lives in Old English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose retelling of a Latin legend ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Old English literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Saint Christopher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manuscript | Nowell Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nowell Codex
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
same manuscript as Beowulf ⓘ |
| preservedIn | Nowell Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousFigureDepicted | Saint Christopher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Insular minuscule (manuscript hand) ⓘ |
| setting | late antique / early Christian legendary world ⓘ |
| shelfmark | British Library Cotton Vitellius A. xv NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Christian martyr
ⓘ
saint’s life ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian piety
ⓘ
conversion to Christianity ⓘ martyrdom ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.