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The Holy Cross legend: a unique version in Oxford, Trinity College, MS 29
- Abstract:
- The Holy Cross legend, a tale which was extremely popular throughout medieval Europe, establishes a typological connection between the tree in Paradise from which Adam and Eve ate, and the tree from which the wood of the Cross was made. There is a large number of different versions and traditions of this legend in English. One version which has been overlooked by scholars so far is the text contained in Oxford, Trinity College, MS 29. It is a unique version which contains both verse and prose, and which draws on a number of different sources and traditions. This text is edited here for the first time, and is accompanied by a textual analysis and commentary.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Society for the Study of Mediaeval Languages and Literature
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- Medium Aevum More from this journal
- Volume:
- 88
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 52-79
- Publication date:
- 2019-07-28
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-10-21
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0025-8385
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- 2019
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- The final version is available online from Society for the Study of Mediaeval Languages and Literature at: https://aevum.space/people/cosima-gillhammer
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