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'Vita beati Edwardi regis & confessoris', Written about the middle of the 15th century in England

'Vita beati Edwardi regis & confessoris', a late 15th cent. title. This metrical Life is based on Aelred's Latin prose Life, and contains no original matter. It has been printed in Luard's Lives of Edward the Confessor (Rolls Series, 1858), with a facsimile in colours of fol 9 of the MS. containing a miniature of the king and an illuminated border. The poem beg. 'Quid facial uirtus, que spes speciosa bestis'.
Shelfmark: MS. Selden Supra 55
Extents: 26 Leaves
Dates: Written about the middle of the 15th century in England