Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 31

Klappentext In this volume, the 'Junius Manuscript', one of the most important manuscripts surviving from pre-Conquest England receives penetrating analysis by several scholars. Zusammenfassung In this volume! one of the most important manuscripts surviving from pre-Conquest England receives penetrating analysis by several scholars. The 'Junius Manuscript' is evaluated from a number of intersecting perspectives! including codicology! decoration! script and punctuation; the confluence of these permits a fresh and convincing dating of this crucially important witness to Old English poetry. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; 1. Record of the tenth conference of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, at the University of Helsinki, 6-11 August 2001; 2. The landscape of Beowulf Margaret Gelling; 3. Sceaf, Japheth and the origins of the Anglo-Saxons Daniel Anlezark; 4. The Anglo-Saxons and the Goths: rewriting the sack of Rome M. R. Godden; 5. The Old English Bede and the construction of Anglo-Saxon authority Nicole Guenther Discenza; 6. Daniel, the Three Youths fragment and the transmission of Old English verse Paul G. Remley; 7. An integrated re-examination of the dating of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Junius 11 Leslie Lockett; 8. Ælfric on the creation and fall of the angels Michael Fox; 9. The colophon of the Eadwig Gospels Richard Gameson; 10. Public penance in Anglo-Saxon England Brad Bedingfield; 11. The Bayeux 'Tapestry': invisible seams and visible boundaries Gale R. Owen-Crocker; 12. Bibliography for 2001 Debby Banham, Carole P. Biggam, Mark Blackburn, Carole Hough, Simon Keynes, Paul G. Remley and Teresa Webber.

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• Authors: Malcolm Godden, S. Keynes, Michael Lapidge, Michael (University of Notre Dame Lapidge, Michael Godden Lapidge, Professor Michael Godden Lapidge
• Assisted by: Malcolm Godden (Editor), Malcolm (University of Oxford) Godden (Editor), Simon Keynes (Editor), Simon (University of Cambridge) Keynes (Editor), Michael Lapidge (Editor), Michael (University of Notre Dame Lapidge (Editor), Professor Michael Lapidge (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.04.2003
• EAN: 9780521807722
• ISBN: 978-0-521-80772-2
• No. of pages: 378
• Series: Anglo-Saxon England; Anglo-Saxon England
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages