{"product_id":"the-owl-and-the-nightingale-and-the-english-poems-of-jesus-college-ms-29-ii-9781580445214","title":"The Owl and the Nightingale: And the English","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn edition and accompanying translation of this late C13th anthology of early Middle English verse.  In addition to the original text and Modern English translations, the edition contains a substantial scholarly introduction, notes and a substantial bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOxford, Jesus College, MS 29 (II), a thirteenth-century manuscript, contains the longest surviving English verse sequence from the period between the Exeter Book and the Harley Lyrics. The sequence is varied in subject, with poems of religious exhortation set beside others of secular pragmatism. Included are: \u003cem\u003eThe Owl and the Nightingale\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePoema Morale\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Proverbs of Alfred\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThomas of Hales’s Love Rune\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Eleven Pains of Hell\u003c\/em\u003e, the prose \u003cem\u003eShires and Hundreds of England\u003c\/em\u003e, the lengthy \u003cem\u003ePassion of Jesus Christ in English\u003c\/em\u003e, and twenty-one additional lyrics, most of them uniquely preserved in this manuscript and presented here with accompanying translations in Modern English and scholarly introduction and apparatus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis scholarly presentation of the text is designed for both research and classroom use, intended for teachers, scholars and students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOxford, Jesus College, MS 29 (II): Texts and Translations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  The Passion of Jesus Christ in English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  The Owl and the Nightingale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Poema Morale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  The Saws of Saint Bede\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  The Woman of Samaria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Weal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Death’s Wither-Clench\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  An Orison to Our Lady\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Will and Wit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  The Annunciation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  The Five Joys of Our Lady Saint Mary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  When Holy Church Is Under Foot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Doomsday\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Death\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Ten Abuses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  A Little Sooth Sermon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Antiphon of Saint Thomas the Martyr in English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  On Serving Christ\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Thomas of Hales, Love Rune\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Song of the Annunciation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Fire and Ice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Signs of Death\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Three Sorrowful Tidings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  The Proverbs of Alfred\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  An Orison to Our Lord\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  A Homily on Sooth Love       \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  The Shires and Hundreds of England\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  The Eleven Pains of Hell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplanatory Notes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTextual Notes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of First Lines\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Proper Names\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Medieval Institute Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48886421389655,"sku":"9781580445214","price":104.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-owl-and-the-nightingale-and-the-english-poems-of-jesus-college-ms-29-ii-9781580445214","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}