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The Insular Cycle (sometimes called the Brythonic or Bardic Cycle) is the accumulated works of numerous professional court bards in Brythain, Cumbria, and Amorica. Although only high medieval manuscripts remain (circa 1100), linguistic evidence shows that a number date as far back as the seventh and sixth century, and one in particular (the Lament of Kamlann) claims to be composed shortly after the death of Arthur Maûr (Arthur the Great; Arthur I Pendraig Auriadh)
The roughly speaking, two thirds of the poems in the cycle are writen in the verse in the Brythonic Bardic Style, a sixth are prose, and a sixth in the englisc Scoptic style.
The poems come from several different manuscripts, although modern translators tend to publish them together.
The englisc poems are especially intriguing to Norse and Anglisc scholars, as they contain poems that the Codex Eboraci does not contain, such as the tragedy of baeldaeg, related to the norse god baldur.
The roughly speaking, two thirds of the poems in the cycle are writen in the verse in the Brythonic Bardic Style, a sixth are prose, and a sixth in the englisc Scoptic style.
The poems come from several different manuscripts, although modern translators tend to publish them together.
The englisc poems are especially intriguing to Norse and Anglisc scholars, as they contain poems that the Codex Eboraci does not contain, such as the tragedy of baeldaeg, related to the norse god baldur.
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