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oapen-20.500.12657-330142021-11-09T09:05:33Z The Southern Version of Cursor Mundi, Vol. III J. Stauffenberg, Henry medieval poetry northern england Cégep du Vieux Montréal Cursor Mundi Fish measurement Jesus Lorde Physiker Time in Indonesia Tusya language Watir WELE 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 2020-04-01T14:26:57Z 2020-04-01T14:26:57Z 1985 book 578776 OCN: 742332926 9780776617275 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33014 eng Ottawa Mediaeval Texts and Studies application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International 578776.pdf University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa 10.26530/OAPEN_578776 10.26530/OAPEN_578776 a1e2b726-4e2b-4a68-bed3-0d2f3ac2a876 9780776617275 266 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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