A reassessment of the date and provenance of the Cornish 'Ordinalia.'
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The date and place of the origin of the Cornish 'Ordinalia' remains a mystery though the Cornish language suggests the place to be somewhere in Cornwall. An unconfirmed critical convention suggests that the Ordinalia, a religious trilogy consisting of a Creation play, a Passion play, and a Resurrection play, was composed at Glasney Collegiate Church, Penryn, sometime between 1350 and 1375. A reassessment of the date and place of origin is possible if the phenomenological approach, which involves a belief that the place names indicate the place of the cycle, is given up.
Publication Name: Comparative Drama
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0010-4078
Year: 1995
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Iconographic contexts of the Swedish 'De uno peccatore qui promeruit gratiam.' (Continental Medieval Drama)
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There are three main iconographies used in the Swedish 'play of the sinner who found mercy,' the oldest extant Scandinavian play. One image system comes from the tradition of St. Procopius of Sazava. Another imagery tradition comes from Vratislaus, a redeemed sinner. The third tradition of imagery comes from the idea of the Virgin Mary as an intercessor during the Last Judgement.
Publication Name: Comparative Drama
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0010-4078
Year: 1993
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