Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts - Basic Readings

First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Using Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts; Self-Contained Units in Composite Manuscripts of the Anglo-Saxon Period; Old Manuscripts / New Technologies; N.R. Ker and the Study of English Medieval Manuscripts; Further Addenda and Corrigenda to N.R. Ker's Catalogue; Surviving Booklists from Anglo-Saxon England; English Libraries Before 1066: Use and Abuse of the Manuscript Evidence; Orality and the Developing Text of Caedmon's Hymn; The Construction of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Junius 11; The Eleventh-Century Origin of Beowulf and the Beowulf Manuscript *; The Structure of the Exeter Book Codex (Exeter, Cathedral Library, MS. 3501); The Compilation of the Vercelli Book; from Ælfric's First Series of Catholic Homilies (British Library, Royal 7.C.xii, fols. 4-218) History of the Manuscript; from The Old English Illustrated Hexateuch The Production of An Illustrated Version; The Publication of Alfred's Pastoral Care

About the author

Mary P. Richards is Professor of English at the University of Delaware. She is the author of Texts and Their Traditions in the Medieval Library of Rochester Cathedral Priory.

Summary

As the study of manuscripts is fundamental to the appreciation of Anglo-Saxon texts and culture, this volume seeks to provide a collection of materials covering basic terms, techniques, resources, issues and applications.

Product details

• Assisted by: Mary P Richards (Editor), Mary P. Richards (Editor), Richards Mary P. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.12.2000
• EAN: 9780815335672
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-3567-2
• No. of pages: 420
• Weight: 780 g
• Series: Basic Readings in Chaucer and His Time
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Palaeography (History Of Writing), Anglo-Saxon / Old English, Anglo-Saxon, Palaeography