ANCIENT MYSTERIES DESCRIBED

299pp. gt.sp.. A very good HB copy in d/w. Red cloth binding Deals with what one might call the primitive/oral aspects of religion. Ancient Mysteries described, especially the English Miracle Plays founded on Apocryphal New Testament Story, extant among the unpublished Mss. in the British Museum; including notices of the Ecclesiastical Shows, the Festivals of Fools and Asses. The descent into Hell, Christmas Carols, etc.