Ordinalia

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Ordinalia is a cycle of late 14th-century Cornish mystery plays that dramatize biblical stories and are among the most important surviving works of medieval Cornish literature.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ordinalia canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cycle of mystery plays ⓘ
medieval Cornish literary work ⓘ
religious drama ⓘ
approximateLength over 9000 lines of verse ⓘ
associatedWith Celtic languages ⓘ
medieval Cornish theatre ⓘ
containsStageDirections true ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus key source for the Cornish language ⓘ
dateOfCreation late 14th century ⓘ
didacticPurpose to teach biblical history to lay audiences ⓘ
dramaticForm cycle play ⓘ
liturgical drama ⓘ
dramatises Creation ⓘ
Passion of Christ ⓘ
Resurrection of Christ ⓘ
biblical stories ⓘ
life of Christ ⓘ
genre mystery play ⓘ
hasLatinRubrics true ⓘ
hasPart Origo Mundi ⓘ
Passio Christi ⓘ
linked to: Passion of Jesus

Resurrexio Domini ⓘ
influenced later Cornish revival drama ⓘ
language Cornish language ⓘ
linked to: Cornish
literaryForm didactic religious drama ⓘ
literaryPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
literaryTradition Cornish literature ⓘ
mainSubject Bible ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
Old Testament ⓘ
manuscriptStatus survives in manuscript form ⓘ
numberOfParts 3 ⓘ
originalAudience medieval Cornish-speaking community ⓘ
performanceContext outdoor staging ⓘ
religious festival ⓘ
placeOfPerformance Cornish playing places (plen-an-gwary) ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Cornwall ⓘ
religiousDenominationContext Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
scriptType verse drama ⓘ
scripturalSource Vulgate Bible ⓘ
linked to: Vulgate
setting biblical times ⓘ
significance among the most important surviving works of medieval Cornish literature ⓘ
titleLanguage Latin ⓘ
writtenIn Middle Cornish ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cornish → hasNotableMedievalWork → Ordinalia ⓘ
Pascon agan Arluth → relatedWork → Ordinalia ⓘ