{"product_id":"the-owl-and-the-nightingale-susanna-fein-9781580445207","title":"The Owl and the Nightingale and the English Poems of Jesus College MS 29 (II)","description":"An edition of the early Middle English verse sequence contained in the thirteenth-century Oxford Jesus College MS 29 (II) with accompanying translations in Modern English and scholarly introduction and apparatus. The sequence is varied in subject, with poems of religious exhortation set beside others of secular pragmatism. Included are: \u003ci\u003eThe Owl and the Nightingale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoema Morale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Proverbs of Alfred\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas of Hales's \u003ci\u003eLove Rune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Eleven Pains of Hell\u003c\/i\u003e, the prose \u003ci\u003eShires and Hundreds of England\u003c\/i\u003e, the lengthy \u003ci\u003ePassion of Jesus Christ in English\u003c\/i\u003e, and twenty-one additional lyrics, most of them uniquely preserved in this manuscript. Made in the West Midlands, the Jesus 29 manuscript is the lengthiest all-English verse collection known to exist in the period between the Exeter Book and the Harley Lyrics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susanna Fein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1580445209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781580445207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Medieval Institute Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 16.95lbs","brand":"Susanna Fein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45897230811391,"sku":"9781580445207","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_464857c6-0ebd-4ee6-b175-3f40031ca311.jpg?v=1721373467","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-owl-and-the-nightingale-susanna-fein-9781580445207","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}