Anglo-Saxon England

Klappentext In 2002, a fragmentary homiliary containing exegetical homilies for the Sundays after Pentecost, came to light. This volume contains a printed edition of this text. Zusammenfassung In 2002! a fragmentary homiliary containing exegetical homilies for the Sundays after Pentecost! came to light. The manuscript apparently dates from the mid-eleventh century! and this volume of Anglo-Saxon England contains a printed edition of this interesting text. The usual comprehensive bibliography is also provided. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; 1. St Aldhelm's bees (De uirginitate prosa, cc. iv¿vi): some observations on a literary tradition Augustine Casiday; 2. Poetic words, conservatism and the dating of Old English poetry Dennis Cronan; 3. The several compilers of Bald's Leechbook Richard Scott Nokes; 4. Ælfric and late Old English verse Thomas A. Bredehoft; 5. Abbot Leofsige of Mettlach: an English monk in Flanders and Upper Lotharingia in the late tenth century Michael Hare; 6. The Taunton Fragment: a new text from Anglo-Saxon England Mechthild Gretsch; 7. Pre-Conquest manuscripts from Malmesbury Abbey and John Leland's letter to Beatus Rhenanus concerning a lost copy of Tertullian's works James P. Carley and Pierre Petitmengin; 8. A third supplement to Hand-List of Anglo-Saxon Non-Runic Inscriptions Elisabeth Okasha; 9. Bibliography for 2003 Debby Banham, Carole P. Biggam, Mark Blackburn, Carole Hough, Simon Keynes, Paul G. Remley and Rebecca Rushforth.

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• Authors: Malcolm Lapidge Godden, Michael Lapidge, Michael (University of Cambridge) Godden Lapidge, Michael Keynes Lapidge, Professor Michael Keynes Lapidge
• Assisted by: Mark Blackburn (Editor), Malcolm Godden (Editor), Godden Malcolm (Editor), Simon Keynes (Editor), Keynes Simon (Editor), Michael Lapidge (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.10.2007
• EAN: 9780521038591
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03859-1
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Anglo-Saxon England; Anglo-Saxon England; Anglo-Saxon England 34 Volume Paperback Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, CE period up to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval