The Nativity

Middle English Marian Lyrics

description: "Alleluya!" is attributed, with some uncertainty, to Bernard of Clairvaux. "Mary so myelde of hert and myende" is attributed to James Ryman. "My Fader above, beholdying thy mekenesse" is attributed, with some uncertainty, to John Lydgate. "There is no rose of swych vertu" is attributed, with some uncertainty, to John Dunstable. "Holy moder, that bere Cryst" is attributed, with some uncertainty, to William Herebert. "I passud thoru a garden grene" is attributed, with some uncertainty, to John Hawghton. "Ecce quod natura" is attributed to James Ryman.
forms: Poetry
languages: English, Middle (1100–1500)
time periods: 13th Century, 14th Century, 15th Century
categories: Lyric poetry, Lyric poetry (Marian), Carol, Authorship uncertain