| spelling |
oapen-20.500.12657-330162021-11-12T16:22:47Z The Southern Version of Cursor Mundi, Vol. V Eldredge, Laurence M. Klinck, Anne L. medieval poem northern england Cursor Mundi Deme Jesus Manuscript Tusya language 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 2020-04-01T14:27:03Z 2020-04-01T14:27:03Z 2000 book 578774 OCN: 1030819609 9780776617282 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33016 eng Ottawa Mediaeval Texts and Studies application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International 578774.pdf University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa 10.26530/OAPEN_578774 10.26530/OAPEN_578774 a1e2b726-4e2b-4a68-bed3-0d2f3ac2a876 9780776617282 320 open access
|
| description |
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.
|
