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| '''Cursor Mundi''', meaning "runner of the world", is the name of a lengthy religious ] written around ] ]. It was extremely popular in its time. The author was an ] cleric. | |||
| The epic, written in ], retells the history of the world as described in the ] ]. It contains nearly 30,000 lines of eight-syllable ]s. The work is ]ically important as a solid record of the ] dialect of the era, and it is therefore the most-often quoted single work in the ]. | The epic, written in ], retells the history of the world as described in the ] ]. It contains nearly 30,000 lines of eight-syllable ]s. The work is ]ically important as a solid record of the ] dialect of the era, and it is therefore the most-often quoted single work in the ]. | ||
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Cursor Mundi, meaning "runner of the world", is the name of a lengthy religious epic written around 1300 CE. It was extremely popular in its time. The author was an anonymous cleric.
The epic, written in Middle English, retells the history of the world as described in the Christian Bible. It contains nearly 30,000 lines of eight-syllable couplets. The work is linguistically important as a solid record of the English dialect of the era, and it is therefore the most-often quoted single work in the Oxford English Dictionary.
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