The Charter Fragment and Pascon agan Arluth

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