Saints and Scribes - Medieval Hagiography in Its Manuscript Context

Klappentext In this survey of thirteenth-century codices in Old French verse that contain at least one saint's life! the author finds a great variety among combinations! in contrast to the corpus of medieval Latin hagiographic manuscripts. She interprets the combinations of texts in four collections! demonstrating the value of codicological and textual analysis of entire manuscripts as an approach to medieval vernacular pious literature. Zusammenfassung In this survey of thirteenth-century codices in Old French verse that contain at least one saint's life! the author finds a great variety among combinations! in contrast to the corpus of medieval Latin hagiographic manuscripts. She interprets the combinations of texts in four collections! demonstrating the value of codicological and textual analysis of entire manuscripts as an approach to medieval vernacular pious literature.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Pamela Gehrke, Gehrke Pamela
• Verlag: University Of California Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 17.02.1993
• EAN: 9780520097711
• ISBN: 978-0-520-09771-1
• Seiten: 194
• Serien: University of California Publi; UC Publications in Modern Philology
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; French, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Christianity / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, Christianity, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets