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oapen-20.500.12657-330172021-11-09T09:05:36Z The Southern Version of Cursor Mundi, Vol. I M Horral, Sarah medieval poem northern england Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais Elde J. Walter Thompson Lorde LYF Pus Sin 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 2020-04-01T14:27:06Z 2020-04-01T14:27:06Z 1978 book 578773 OCN: 742332956 9780776617251 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33017 eng Ottawa Mediaeval Texts and Studies application/pdf n/a 578773.pdf University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa 10.26530/OAPEN_578773 10.26530/OAPEN_578773 a1e2b726-4e2b-4a68-bed3-0d2f3ac2a876 9780776617251 432 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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