Northern Homily Cycle
The Northern Homily Cycle is a Middle English poem written c. 1315. The poem consists of approximately 20,000 rhyming, octosyllabic lines.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name=":1">Template:Cite journal</ref> It features a Middle English retelling of the Gospel in verse form, alongside stories to illustrate the points of the verses and messages.<ref name=":2">Template:Cite journal</ref> Many of these illustrative stories use familiar, agricultural examples, calling to mind Chaucer's tales.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
The work is anonymous, however the text suggests that the author "wrote in his native dialect and was well versed in the lore of the north country."<ref name=":0" />
A good copy of it can be found in Oxford Bodleian Eng. Poet. a.1, a 14th-century manuscript.Template:Cn
A Cambridge manuscript of the poem has been edited by Saara Nevanlinna.Template:Cn