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Klappentext This volume tackles questions such as what scientific observations is Bede likely to have brought to bear on the Easter controversy! and what was Anglo-Saxon carpentry like? Zusammenfassung What scientific observations is Bede likely to have brought to bear on the Easter controversy? What interest did the Anglo-Saxons take in precious stones and what did they know about them? Are heroic values rejected in one of Cynewulf's poems? What was Anglo-Saxon carpentry like? These are among the questions taken up in this volume. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; 1. Easter cycles and the equinox in the British Isles Kenneth Harrison; 2. Lapidary traditions in Anglo-Saxon England: part I, the background; the Old English Lapidary Peter Kitson; 3. Lists of saints' resting-places in Anglo-Saxon England D. W. Rollason; 4. Beowulf, Wiglaf and the Wægmundings Norman E. Eliason; 5. Cynewulf's devaluation of heroic tradition in Juliana Claude Schneider; 6. The genesis of The Battle of Maldon N. F. Blake; 7. Affective language, especially alliterating qualifiers, in Ælfric's Life of St Alban Ruth Waterhouse; 8. Leland's transcript of Ælfric's Glossary Ronald E. Buckalew; 9. An interpretation of the Pacx, Pax and Paxs pennies Simon Keynes; 10. The Anglo-Saxon origins of Norwich: the problems and approaches Alan Carter; 11. Anglo-Saxon carpentry Cecil A. Hewett; 12. Self-contained units in composite manuscripts of the Anglo-Saxon period P. R. Robinson; 13. Manuscripts containing English decoration 871¿1066, catalogued and illustrated: a review Linda L. Brownrigg; 14. Bibliography for 1977 Carl T. Berkhout, Martin Biddle, T. J. Brown, Peter A. Clayton and Simon Keynes.
