'The Owl and the Nightingale' and the English Poems of Jesus College MS 29 (II)
| AUTHOR | Medieval Institute Publications; Fein, Susanna; Fein, Susanna |
| PUBLISHER | Medieval Institute Publications (05/25/2022) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
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An edition of the early Middle English verse sequence contained in the thirteenth-century Oxford Jesus College MS 29 (II) with accompanying translations in Modern English and scholarly introduction and apparatus. The sequence is varied in subject, with poems of religious exhortation set beside others of secular pragmatism. Included are: The Owl and the Nightingale, Poema Morale, The Proverbs of Alfred, Thomas of Hales's Love Rune, The Eleven Pains of Hell, the prose Shires and Hundreds of England, the lengthy Passion of Jesus Christ in English, and twenty-one additional lyrics, most of them uniquely preserved in this manuscript. Made in the West Midlands, the Jesus 29 manuscript is the lengthiest all-English verse collection known to exist in the period between the Exeter Book and the Harley Lyrics.
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ISBN-13:
9781580445214
ISBN-10:
1580445217
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English, Middle (1100-1500)
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Page Count:
462
Carton Quantity:
1
Product Dimensions:
8.35 x 1.26 x 10.39 inches
Weight:
2.75 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Bilingual
Country of Origin:
GB
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BISAC Categories
History | Europe - Medieval
History | Medieval
History | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey Decimal:
821.108
Library of Congress Control Number:
2022010072
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An edition of the early Middle English verse sequence contained in the thirteenth-century Oxford Jesus College MS 29 (II) with accompanying translations in Modern English and scholarly introduction and apparatus. The sequence is varied in subject, with poems of religious exhortation set beside others of secular pragmatism. Included are: The Owl and the Nightingale, Poema Morale, The Proverbs of Alfred, Thomas of Hales's Love Rune, The Eleven Pains of Hell, the prose Shires and Hundreds of England, the lengthy Passion of Jesus Christ in English, and twenty-one additional lyrics, most of them uniquely preserved in this manuscript. Made in the West Midlands, the Jesus 29 manuscript is the lengthiest all-English verse collection known to exist in the period between the Exeter Book and the Harley Lyrics.
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