The Southern Version of Cursor Mundi, Vol. V

• Main Authors: Eldredge, Laurence M, Klinck, Anne L
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Ottawa University of Ottawa Press 2000; University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa; University of Ottawa Press/Les Presses de l'Universite d'Ottawa
• Edition: 1
• Series: Ottawa Mediaeval Texts and Studies
• Subjects: Ancient & Classical; Bible; Biography, Literature and Literary studies; Christian poetry, English (Middle); Cursor Mundi; Deme; Eldredge, L. M., 1931; History of Biblical events; Jesus; Language & Literature; Literary Criticism; Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval; Literary studies: general; Literature: history and criticism; Manuscripts, Medieval; medieval poem; northern england; Poetry; Tusya language
• ISBN: 0776617281; 9780776617282; 0776605046; 9780776605043
• DOI: 10.26530/OAPEN_578774

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.