Appendix 2 ‘Blood on the Penitent Woman’s Hand’

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations viii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Abbreviations xi
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 The Idea of English Miracles of the Virgin 13
8. 2 The Theophilus Legend in England Mary the Advocate, Mary the Jew 42
9. 3 The Theophilus Legend in England, Again From the Devil’s Charter to a Marian Paradigm 75
10. 4 The Virgin and the Law in Middle English Contexts 104
11. 5 The Fate of English Miracles of the Virgin 138
12. Afterword 171
13. Appendix 1 ‘The Founding of the Feast of the Conception’ in the South English Legendary 173
14. Appendix 2 ‘Blood on the Penitent Woman’s Hand’ 178
15. Appendix 3 The Charter Group Miracles and Other Short Texts from British Library MS Additional 37049 181
16. Appendix 4 An Index of Miracles of the Virgin Collated with Existing Lists 188
17. Bibliography 197
18. Index 209