Anonymous, Sir Owain

Shawn McAvoy (Arizona State University)

Ed. by Jamie McKinstry, University of Durham
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.02: English Writing and Culture: High and Late Medieval, 1066-1485.
Vol. editors: Kate Ash-Irisarri (University of Edinburgh), Rory Critten (Université de Lausanne), David Fuller (University of Durham), Natalie Hanna (University of Liverpool), Hugh Magennis (Queen's University Belfast), Jamie McKinstry (University of Durham), Sarah Peverley (University of Liverpool), Sebastian Sobecki (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)

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First circulation or publication c. 1330 - c. 1330

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England (Country of Origin)

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Owain Miles

contains an early Middle English description of Purgatory, specifically of St. Patrick’s Purgatory in Ulster. The work extends to just over 1100 lines in 198 stanzas. The early 14th century

Owain Miles

in the Auchinleck manuscript (National Library of Scotland Advocates’ MS 19.2.1, dated 1330-1340) is both the earliest version and the only witness of the six-line tail rhyme stanza (aabccb) recension. The second recension dates from the late 14th to early 15th centuries. This second

Owain Miles

, in octosyllabic couplets, exists in the Cotton Caligula A ii and the Yale 365 manuscripts. The source for

Owain Miles

is the Latin

Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii

dated to c.1180-1184 and attributed to one H of Salteria. As Salteria is an unknown locale, this otherwise…

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Citation: McAvoy, Shawn. "Sir Owain". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 December 2017 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=38766, accessed 05 May 2024.]

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Anonymous, Sir Owain

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