Description
“Tas ha Mab ha’n Spyrys Sans,
Hwi a bys a leun golonn,
Re wrontyo dhywgh gras ha hwans
Dhe woslowes y Basshyon;
Ha dhymmo gras ha skians
Dh’y dherivas par lavarow,
May fo dhe Dhyw dh’y wordhyans,
Ha selwyans dhe’n enevow.”
Passhyon Agan Arloedh, known in English as the Passion Poem or Mount Calvary, dates from the 15th century. It is a versified narrative in Cornish of the events of the Passion of the Christ from Palm Sunday to Easter Morning, taken from the four gospels with an addition from the legendary Gospel of Nicodemus. It is similar in content to Passio Christi, day two of the Ordinalia, but consists of 259 stanzas, each of four rhyming couplets.
This book contains a transcription of the original manuscript, a transliteration in Kernewek Kemmyn, and English translation and valuable notes.
The drawing on the front cover of a Celtic cross by Les Pierce is based on crosses at Bodmin and Sancreed. Edited by Ray Edwards and published by Kesva an Taves Kernewek.
