Illustration of Christ on crucifix from 'The Desert of Religion.

The Desert of Religion and other poems and religious pieces,. etc. mostly illustrated, in Northern English. Language: English Source/Shelfmark: Add. 37049 f.2 Image of Christ on the Cross. 1. Fragment, imperfect at the beginning, of a legenda or apocryphal gospel, in Latin; on the recto of the first of two vellum leaves. Ends" a patria sua ad eum veniebant." f. 1. On the verso and two pages following are three coloured drawings, viz. (a, b) The Virgin and Christ, apparently copies of Byzantine work. fF. 1 b, 2; -(c) Circular map or diagram showing the elements, fire as a crescent at the top, air a zone beneath it, then earth divided by water (in the shape of a T) into the three continents, with note how " The thre sonnes of Noe dyuyded pe warld in pre partes emange paim." f. 2 b.