{"product_id":"owl-and-the-nightingale-1","title":"Owl and the Nightingale and the English Poems of Jesus College MS 29 (II)","description":"\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","brand":"Medieval Institute Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54238356308312,"sku":"9781580445214","price":122.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781580445214_6da1873a-c3fd-4f02-84ff-706b7a78a48c.jpg?v=1765130447","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/owl-and-the-nightingale-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}