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Author Mous, Peter H. J., author.

Title The Southern Version of Cursor Mundi, Vol. IV.

Publication Info. [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).
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Series Ottawa mediaeval texts and studies ; 14
Publications médiévales de l'Université d'Ottawa ; 14.
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.
Contents Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; General Editor's Introduction; Introduction to this Volume; Text; Explanatory Notes; Appendix: Errors in Morris' Texts; Bibliography.
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Indexed Term Medieval poetry
Northern England
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Mous, Peter H.J. Southern Version of Cursor Mundi, Vol. IV. Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, ©1997 9780776601076
ISBN 9780776601076
0776601075
9780776617299
077661729X
Standard No. 10.26530/OAPEN_578787