"Child Slain by Jews." Vernon Manuscript. Bodleian MS Eng. Poet. A.1, f. 124v

Fig. 4. “Child Slain by Jews” (“Hou the Iewes in despit of vre lady þrewe a chyld in a gonge [latrine]”), Vernon Manuscript, Bodleian Library MS Eng. poet. a. 1 (c. 1380–1400), fol. 124v. (Image reproduced by permission from the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford.) Note the conscious spillage of expressions of Christian temporality into the margins of the poem.

From The Medieval Postcolonial Jew, In and Out of Time by Miriamne Ara Krummel

Creator(s)	scribe scribal artist
Subjects	Medieval and Renaissance Studies Literary Studies Jewish Studies
Date	c. 1380-c. 1400
Related Section	Chapter Two
Keywords	"Child Slain by Jews" image of Blood Libel
Language	Latin Anglo-Norman Middle English
Citable Link	Citable Link

Rightsholder	Bodleain Libraries, University of Oxford
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Rights Granted	World
Credit Line	“Child Slain by Jews” (“Hou the Iewes in despit of vre lady þrewe a chyld in a gonge” [latrine]), Vernon manuscript, Bodleian MS Eng. Poet. A. 1 (c. 1380 - c. 1400), f. 124 v. Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford.

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