The Southern version of Cursor Mundi. Vol. 2, lines 9229-12712 / edited by Roger R. Fowler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

R. Fowler, Roger

Contributor:

Fowler, Roger R., editor.

Series:

Etudes médiévales de l'Université d'Ottawa = Ottawa mediaeval texts and studies ; no. 16

Standardized Title:

Cursor mundi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World history--Early worksk to 1800.

World history.

Christian poetry, English (Middle).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 198 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa 1990

Ottawa, Ont. : University of Ottawa Press, [1990].

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

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.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

General Editor's Introduction

Introduction to this Volume

List of Manuscript Sigla

Structure of this Section

Sources

Editorial Principles

Text

Explanatory Notes

List of Abbreviations

Notes

Appendix A: Errors in Morris' Texts

Appendix B: The Thornton Manuscript

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies.

CC BY-NC-ND

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780776617268

0776617265

OCLC:

74332968

Publisher Number:

10.26530/OAPEN_578790