tHe Southern Version of CURSOR MUND1 Volume V The Southern Version of CURSOR MUNDI General Editor, Sarah M. Horrall Previously published Volume I. Lines 1-9228. Edited by Sarah M. Horrall Volume II. Lines 9229-12712. Edited by Roger R. Fowler Volume III. Lines 12713-17082. Edited by Henry J. Stauffenberg Volume IV. Lines 17289-21346. Edited by Peter H. J. Mous The Southern Version of CURSOR MUND1 Volume V Lines 21845-23898 Edited by Laurence M, Eldredge and Anne L. Klinck General Editor ^arah M. Horrall University of Ottawa Press University of Ottawa Press gratefully acknowledges the support extended to its publishing programme by the Canada Council and the University of Ottawa. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program for this project. This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. University of Ottawa Press gratefully acknowledges the support of the Univer- sity of New Brunswick and the long-standing support and generous commit- ment of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ottawa to this project. Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Cursor mundi The Southern version of Cursor mundi (Etudes medievales de 1'Universite d'Ottawa — Ottawa mediaeval texts and studies) Includes bibliographies. Vol. 1 is no. 5 of series, v. 2 is no. 16, v. 3 is no. 13, v. 4 is no. 14, and v. 5 is unnumbered. Vol. 2 edited by Roger R. Fowler, v. 5 edited by Laurence M. Eldredge and Anne L. Klinck. Contents: v. 1. Lines 1-9228 - v. 2. Lines 9229-12712 - v. 3. Lines 12713-17082 - v. 4. Lines 17289-21346 - v. 5. Lines 21845-23898. ISBN 0-7766-4805-5 (v. 1) - ISBN 0-7766-0206-3 (v. 2) - ISBN 0-7766-4814-4 (v. 3) - ISBN 0-7766-0107-5 (v. 4) - ISBN 0-7766-0504-6 (v. 5) I. Eldredge, L. M., 1931- II. Fowler, Roger R., 1944- III. Horrall, Sarah M., 1940-1988 IV. Klinck, Anne Lingard, 1943- V Title. VI. Series: Publications medievales de 1'Universite d'Ottawa; 5, 16,13, 14. PR1966.A35 2000 821'.1 C79-002580-9 rev. UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA UNIVERSITE D'OTTAWA Cover Design: Robert Dolbec "All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmit- ted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photo- copy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without per- mission in writing from the publisher." ISBN 0-7766-0504-6 © University of Ottawa Press, 2000 542 King Edward, Ottawa, Ont., Canada KIN 6N5 [email protected] http://www.uopress.uottawa.ca Printed and bound in Canada In memory of Alphonsus P. Campbell (1912-1983) and Sarah M. Horrall (1940-1988) This page intentionally left blank TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface IX Introduction to This Volume 1 List of Manuscript Sigla 1 Structure of This Section 1 Editorial Principles 2 General Introduction 3 Sources 3 Genre 8 Structure 11 Date, Provenance, and Authorship 13 Ownership and History of the Manuscripts 18 Decoration 24 Influence 35 Manuscript Relations 42 Abbreviations 51 Text of the Southern Version of Cursor Mundi. Lines 21845-23898 53 Textual Notes 101 Explanatory Notes 109 Appendices A. Errors in Morris' Texts 121 B. MS B, 11. 22005-23898 (Pricke of Conscience, 11. 4085-6417) 143 C. The Finding of the True Cross (11. 21347-21846) 187 D. Mary's Lament and the Establishment of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (11. 23909-24968) 191 Bibliography 199 Glossary 205 Index of Persons and Places 265 This page intentionally left blank PREFACE In undertaking to complete the work left unfinished by our late col- league, Dr. Sarah M. Horrall, we have been conscious of the high schol- arly standards she set for herself and her collaborators. In her absence we have tried to set and observe comparable standards for ourselves. As we divided the editorial tasks between us, primary responsibility for work on the manuscripts was undertaken by L.M.E.; the Glossary and Index were prepared by A.L.K.; the revisions to Dr. Horrall's drafts were undertaken jointly. On her death in 1988 Dr. Horrall left drafts of the Introduction, the Text itself, the Explanatory Notes, and Appendices C, on the Finding of the True Cross, and D, on the Legend of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Our general principle has been to allow as much of her work as possible to stand without amendment, changing only those bits where additional scholarship made updating necessary and the few places where error had uncharacteristically crept in. We have also tried to maintain the unspoken editorial assumptions that have informed both the earlier volumes of this edition and the drafts that Dr. Horrall left when she died. Specifically, the General Introduction is almost wholly as Dr. Hor- rall left it, our contribution being to reconstruct the stemma according to her account of the manuscripts, to fill in missing line numbers, and to supply the bibliographical details. Likewise the text of MS H is very nearly as Dr. Horrall left it, we having supplied only the portions taken from MS T where H was defective. Of course we verified her readings of H against the manuscript and have made one or two minor changes. Having found no draft of the Textual Notes, we have added these. The Explanatory Notes to the Text here edited, lines 21845- 23898, as well as those in Appendices C and D, have been thoroughly X THE SOUTHERN VERSION OF CURSOR MUNDI checked and brought up to date with current scholarship, but essentially they represent notes on lines that Dr. Horrall thought deserving of anno- tation. Since earlier volumes in this edition have contained an appendix with corrections of Morris' readings of the manuscripts in his edition and another appendix, where necessary, giving the portions of B that follow the text of the Pricke of Conscience rather than that of Cursor Mundi, we have maintained consistency with our Appendices A and B. Had Dr. Horrall lived to see this final volume through the press, we have no doubt that it would have appeared in the early 1990's. In the event, our later arrival on the editorial scene has delayed publication until, ironically enough, scholarly progress has in some instances over- taken the assumptions on which this edition is based. Recent work in codicology and early book production, perhaps best exemplified in this instance by John J. Thompson, The Cursor Mundi: Poem, Texts and Contexts, has questioned the notion of an authorial final text mutilated by a succession of wretched scribes. In its place Thompson has pro- posed a more amorphous and difficult manner in which the poem might have been compiled, with drafts of early versions cobbled together, revised, augmented, edited, and so forth—thus challenging signifi- cantly the place of the southern version of Cursor Mundi in the poem's textual history. Ironically again, Dr. Horrall was during her lifetime at the fore- front of codicology studies, having cofounded, with Professor Martha Driver of Pace University, the Early Book Society. Had she found her- self at this juncture in the editorial process and at this date, later than envisaged, we do not doubt that her work would have reflected fully all the advances that have been made. As it is, however, we are the ones charged with seeing her work through to completion, and we do not think it possible or just for us to formulate a more recent editorial posi- tion on her behalf. What follows is, as far as we can determine, what Dr. Horrall wanted to say about Cursor Mundi in 1988. Of course, in a work of this magnitude one consults many people along the way for help. In gathering together all that Dr. Horrall left, we are especially grateful to her widower, Stanley Horrall, for allowing us unlimited access to all Dr. Horrall's drafts, and to the subeditors of pre- vious volumes: Roger Fowler, Henry Stauffenberg, and Peter Mouss. THE SOUTHERN VERSION OF CURSOR MUNDI XI We have also relied upon the advice of colleagues and friends, espe- cially J.P.S. Ferguson, Tony Hunt, George Keiser, C.W. Marx, Douglas Moffat, Jean-Pascal Pouzet, Glyn Redworth, William Schipper, Rich- ard Spacek, Mary Swan, and R.C. Yorke. We have taken their advice where we could, ignored it when we thought we had to, and take full responsibility for the errors that may remain in our work. Publication of this book has been made possible by support from the Universities of New Brunswick and Ottawa, and by a grant from the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. L.M.E. Oxford, 1999 A.L.K. Fredericton, N.B., 1999 This page intentionally left blank INTRODUCTION TO THIS VOLUME LIST OF MANUSCRIPT SIGLA H Arundel LVII, College of Arms, London T Trinity College, Cambridge, R.3.8 L Laud Misc. 416, Bodleian Library, Oxford B Additional 36983, British Library, London C Cotton Vespasian A iii, British Library, London F Fairfax 14, Bodleian Library, Oxford G Gottingen University theol. 107r E Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh Add Additional 31042, British Library, London STRUCTURE OF THIS SECTION (TITLES TAKEN FROM MORRIS' EDITION) 21847-23898 The Sixth Age of the World; the Day of Doom 21975-22426 Of Antichrist 22427-22710 The Fifteen Signs that Shall come before Doomsday 22711-23194 What Shall Happen on Doomsday 23195-23350 Description of Hell and its Nine Pains 23351-23652 Heaven and the Seven Gifts of the Blessed 23653-23704 The State of the World after Doomsday 23705-23898 The Author's Exhortation to his Fellow Men 2 THE SOUTHERN VERSION OF CURSOR MUNDI EDITORIAL PRINCIPLES The sources for this volume are those listed in the Abbreviations and in the Explanatory Notes.