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Abbreviations The Bible is quoted according to the edition by Robert Weber, Biblia sacra iuxta vulgatam versionem, 3d ed., 2 vols. (Stuttgart, 1983). When referring to biblical books, I use the standard English names and abbreviations. Bloomfield Morton W. Bloomfield et aI. Incipits of Latin Works on the Virtues and Vices, 1100-1500 A.D. Cambridge, MA, 1979. Caplan Handlist Harry Caplan. Mediaeval Artes Praedicandi: A Hand-List. Ithaca, 1934. Caplan Supp/ Harry Caplan. Mediaeval Artes Praedicandi: A Supplementary Hand-List. Ithaca, 1936. CC Corpus Christianorum, series latina. Various editors. Turnhout, 1954-. Lombard Sent Peter Lombard. Sententiae. Edited by Patres Collegii S. Bonaventurae Ad Claras Aquas. 3d ed., 2 vols. Grottaferrata, 1971. Quoted by book, distinction, and chapter; volume and page references added in parenthesis. MED Middle English Dictionary. Edited by Hans Kurath, Sherman Kuhn, and Robert E. Lewis. Ann Arbor, MI, 1954-. OED New English Dictionary on Historical Principles. Edited by J. A. H. Murray et aI. Oxford, 18881928 . PL Patrologiae Cursus Completus: Series Latina. Edited by J.-P. Migne. Paris, 1844-64. Thbach Frederic C. Thbach. Index exemplorum: A Handbook of Medieval Religious Tales. Helsinki, 1969. ...

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