'Mount Calvary, or The History of the passion, death and Resurrection of ... Jesus Christ, written in Cornish ... interpreted in the English Tongue in ... 1682...'
MS. Gough Cornwall 3
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
'Mount Calvary, or The History of the passion, death and Resurrection of ... Jesus Christ, written in Cornish ... interpreted in the English Tongue in ... 1682...'
Shelfmark
MS. Gough Cornwall 3
Summary
'Mount Calvary, or The History of the passion, death and Resurrection of ... Jesus Christ, written in Cornish ... interpreted in the English Tongue in ... 1682. By Iohn Keigwin gent.'
The text and translation face each other, and there is an English introduction: but fol. 4r contains some Cornish (preceding the poem) which is not translated: beg. 'Pe ha doryon rag perna.'.
Date
Written in the first half of the 18th century
Language
English
Cornish
Multiple languages
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
45 Leaves
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Collection contents
Cornwall
'Mount Calvary, or The History of the passion, death and Resurrection of ... Jesus Christ, written in Cornish ... interpreted in the English Tongue in ... 1682...'
