The Southern Version of Cursor Mundi, Vol. V

• Main Author: Eldredge, Laurence M. (auth)
• Other Authors: Klinck, Anne L. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa 2000
• Series: Ottawa Mediaeval Texts and Studies
• Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; medieval poem; northern england; Cursor Mundi; Deme; Jesus; Manuscript; Tusya language
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

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.