The Charter Fragment and Pascon agan Arluth

by Nicholas Williams (Translator), Michael Everson (Other), Alan M Kent (Introduction)

Overview

This volume presents two of the earliest pieces of Middle Cornish literature. The first, The Charter Fragment, is concerned with the question of marriage. It is only 41 lines in length and was probably part of a play. The second, Pascon agan Arluth ‘The Passion of our Lord’, is a magnificent poem of 259 stanzas composed c. 1375, which deals with the Passion, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Christ.

Corpus Textuum Cornicorum is a series presenting edi­tions of all of traditional Cornish literature. The Cornish texts are offered in a normalized, Standard Cornish spelling, and are accompanied by a diplomatic transcrip­tion giving for the first time the text in its original orthography, as well as a new English translation based on the manuscript text. Each volume contains a literary introduction describing the content and its Cornish and European background.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782011828
Publisher:	Evertype
Publication date:	02/22/2020
Series:	Corpus Textuum Cornicorum , #1
Pages:	394
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.19(d)
Language:	Cornish

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

1 Introduction

1.1 The literary context

1.1.1 The Charter Fragment

1.1.2 Pascon agan Arluth

1.2 Naming and placing

1.2.1 The Charter Fragment

1.2.2 Pascon agan Arluth

1.3 Sources

1.3.1 The Charter Fragment

1.3.2 Pascon agan Arluth

1.4 Publishing history and literary criticism

1.4.1 The Charter Fragment

1.4.2 Pascon agan Arluth

1.5 The text and its interpretation

1.5.1 The Charter Fragment

1.5.2 Pascon agan Arluth

1.6 The poetry

1.6.1 The Charter Fragment

1.6.2 Pascon agan Arluth

1.7 The continuum of writing in Cornish

1.7.1 The Charter Fragment

1.7.2 Pascon agan Arluth ⁠31

1.8 Conclusions

1.8.1 The Charter Fragment

1.8.2 Pascon agan Arluth

1.9 Sources and editions

1.9.1 The Charter Fragment

1.9.2 Pascon agan Arluth

1.10 Bibliography and references

2 Linguistic notes

2.1 The Charter Fragment

2.2 Pascon agan Arluth

2.2.1 Middle English borrowings

2.2.1.1 Substantives

2.2.1.2 Adjectives and adverbs

2.2.1.3 Verbs

3 Orthographic notes

3.1 General comments

3.2 The Charter Fragment

3.2.1 Letterforms

3.2.2 Abbreviations

3.2.3 Punctuation

3.3 Pascon agan Arluth

3.3.1 Letterforms

3.3.2 Abbreviations

3.3.2.1 Letter-based abbreviations

3.3.2.2 Diacritical abbreviations

3.3.3 Punctuation

3.4 Table of characters

3.5 Transcription conventions

4 Palaeographic transcriptions

4.1 The Charter Fragment

4.2 Pascon agan Arluth

5 Facsimiles

5.1 The Charter Fragment

5.2 Pascon agan Arluth

5.2.1 Illustrations in Pascon agan Arluth

6 Texts

6.1 Darn an Chartour

6.2 The Charter Fragment

6.3 Passyon agan Arlùth

6.4 The Passion of our Lord

7 Indices

7.1 The Charter Fragment

7.1.1 Index verborum

7.1.2 Index literarum

7.2 Pascon agan Arluth

7.2.1 Index verborum

7.2.2 Index numerorum

7.2.3 Index literarum