Chardri

Chardri ( early 13th century) was an Anglo-Norman poet, probably from western England. His pen name is probably an anagram of Richard.
Three of his poems, all in rhyming octosyllabic couplets, have survived. ' presents a Christianized version of the life of Buddha in 2,954 lines. ' records the story of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus in 1,898 lines. Both of these are hagiographic, but "" in 1,780 lines is didactic.