Description
“Yesu a veu ynkleudhys
hag yn bedh a ven gorrys
gans Yosef ha tus erel:
y leveris ev ynwedh
dasserghi an Yesu dydh
y hwre pur wir heb fyllel.”
Resurrexio Domini (The Resurrection of Our Lord) is day three of the Ordinalia, three medieval mystery plays from the late 14th century. Together, they are Britain’s oldest drama. The plays were written in Middle Cornish, with Latin stage directions. The rest of the Ordinalia consists of Origo Mundi and Passio Christi.
The play is written in 2,646 lines of verse, arranged in seven- and four-syllabled lines. The play gives an account of the Harrowing of Hell, the Resurrection, and the Ascension, with the Legend of St Veronica and Tiberius, the death of Pilate, the release of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus from prison, The Three Marys.
Resurrexio Domini contains the full play in the Standard Written Form of modern Cornish, an English translation and a guide to staging all of the three Ordinalia plays with fifteen actors. The Student Edition contains a transcription of the original manuscript and extensive notes. There is also a Community Edition without the extensive notes and transcription.
The book is essential reading for all Cornish speakers and students of the language.
