Apocryphal Gospels of Mary in Anglo-Saxon England

Klappentext This book provides an edition! translation and commentary of the three apocryphal gospels of Mary written in Old English. Zusammenfassung This book presents an edition! with facing translations and commentary! of three long-neglected Old English apocryphal gospels dealing with the birth! childhood! death and assumption of Mary! extant in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. An extensive introduction covers the origins and development of the apocrypha and their influence in Anglo-Saxon England. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; List of sigla and abbreviations; Editorial conventions; Introduction; 1. The birth and childhood of Mary: the development of a tradition; 2. The death and assumption of Mary: the Syriac and Greek traditions;3. The death and assumption of Mary: the Latin tradition; 4. The apocrypha of the Virgin in Anglo-Saxon England; 5. The manuscripts; 6. The Old English texts; The Old English Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew; The Old English assumption homily in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 41; The Old English assumption homily in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 198 (Blickling XIII); Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Clayton, Mary (University College Dublin) Clayton, Clayton Mary
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.02.1999
• EAN: 9780521581684
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58168-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Sax
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies