The Southern Version of Cursor Mundi, Vol. II
Abstract
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.
Keywords
medieval poetry; northern england; Bible; Jesus; LYF; Myst; Robert Grosseteste; Sayd; Sin; Tusya language; Wace; WatirDOI
10.26530/OAPEN_578790ISBN
9780776617268OCN
742332968Publisher website
https://press.uottawa.ca/Publication date and place
1990Series
Ottawa Mediaeval Texts and Studies,Classification
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval