The `stanzas of the months': maxims from late medieval Wales.(Critical Essay) From: Medium Aevum | Date: September 22, 2001| Author: Jacobs, Nicolas | COPYRIGHT 2001 Society for the Study of Mediaeval Languages and Literature. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The late medieval Welsh text known as Englynion y Misoedd (`The stanzas of the months') comprises twelve stanzas, one for each month of the year, the name of each month forming the first two words of its stanza. The subject matter, like that of the larger body of gnomic poetry in three-line stanzas, consists of a mixture of natural observation, details of human activity, proverbial wisdom, and moral instruction: (1) a sample is given below in the appendix. The stanzas each consist ...

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