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oapen-20.500.12657-330002021-11-09T09:05:38Z The Southern Version of Cursor Mundi, Vol. II R. Fowler, Roger medieval poetry northern england Bible Jesus LYF Myst Robert Grosseteste Sayd Sin Tusya language Wace Watir bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DS Literature: history & criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: classical, early & medieval The medieval poem <i>Cursor Mundi</i> is a biblical verse account of the history of the world, offering a chronological overview of salvation history from Creation to Doomsday. Originating in northern England around the year 1300, the poem was frequently copied in the north before appearing in a southern version in substantially altered form. Although it is a storehouse of popular medieval biblical lore and a fascinating study in the eclectic use of more than a dozen sources, the poem has until now attracted little scholarly attention. This five-part collaborative edition presents the Arundel version of the poem with variants from three others. In addition it provides a discussion of sources and analogues, detailed explanatory notes, and a bibliography. 2015-11-03 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:26:25Z 2020-04-01T14:26:25Z 1990 book 578790 OCN: 742332968 9780776617268 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33000 eng Ottawa Mediaeval Texts and Studies application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International 578790.pdf University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa 10.26530/OAPEN_578790 10.26530/OAPEN_578790 a1e2b726-4e2b-4a68-bed3-0d2f3ac2a876 9780776617268 224 open access
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The medieval poem <i>Cursor Mundi</i> is a biblical verse account of the history of the world, offering a chronological overview of salvation history from Creation to Doomsday. Originating in northern England around the year 1300, the poem was frequently copied in the north before appearing in a southern version in substantially altered form. Although it is a storehouse of popular medieval biblical lore and a fascinating study in the eclectic use of more than a dozen sources, the poem has until now attracted little scholarly attention. This five-part collaborative edition presents the Arundel version of the poem with variants from three others. In addition it provides a discussion of sources and analogues, detailed explanatory notes, and a bibliography.
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