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Author Mous, Peter H. J.

Title The Southern Version of Cursor Mundi, Vol. IV
Published [Place of publication not identified] : University of Ottawa Press/Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (200 pages)
Series Ottawa mediaeval texts and studies ; 14
Publications médiévales de l'Université d'Ottawa ; 14.
Contents Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; General Editor's Introduction; Introduction to this Volume; Text; Explanatory Notes; Appendix: Errors in Morris' Texts; Bibliography
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 of the poem with variants from three others. In addition it provides a discussion of sources and analogues, detailed explanatory notes, and a bibliography
Analysis Medieval poetry
Northern England
Notes English
SUBJECT Bible -- History of Biblical events -- Poetry. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013657
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Subject Christian poetry, English (Middle)
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Literary studies: classical, early and medieval.
Literary studies: general.
Literature and literary studies.
Literature: history and criticism.
Christian poetry, English (Middle)
History of Biblical events
Manuscripts, Medieval
Genre/Form Poetry
Form Electronic book
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