The Middle-English Harrowing of Hell and Gospel of Nicodemus

The historical account of the rise and growth of the Harrowing of Hell motive and of the Evangelium Nicodemi in mediaeval literature and art has been made brief, and all explanatory notes have been omitted, because they are to be published in a special edition of one of the middle-english poetical versions of the Gospel of Nicodemus which the present editor has about ready for the press.