The Southern Version of Cursor Mundi, Vol. I.
The medieval poem Cursor Mundi 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 v...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Ottawa
University of Ottawa Press
1978, 1978
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Series: | Vol. 1-4: Ottawa mediaeval texts and studies
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Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | The medieval poem Cursor Mundi 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 |
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Physical Description: | 432 pages |
ISBN: | 9780776648057 0776648055 |