Edition, translation and full critical study of a hitherto marginalised text, bringing it to full attention for the first time.
Introduction
Paleography, Codicology and Language
The descensus motif
Literary Analysis
Selected Comparative Studies and Analogous Literature
Afterword
Apparatus: Text and Translation
Commentary
Appendix 1: The Doctrine of the descensus according to Post-Apostolic and Medieval Commentators from the First Century to the end of the Eleventh Century AD
Appendix 2: Scriptural References
Appendix 3: Other Sources and Analogues
Appendix 4: Transcription and Images of folio 120r
Glossary
Bibliography