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Zusatztext Its learning is immense... Informationen zum Autor Michael Lapidge was Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge (1991-8) and Notre Dame Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame (1999-2004); he is now Fellow Emeritus of Clare College, Cambridge. He has published widely on the literature of the Anglo-Saxons (both Old English and Latin). His most recent book was The Cult of St Swithun (OUP, 2003). He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and Corresponding Fellow of the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften and of the Accademia dei Lincei (Rome). Klappentext This invaluable study sets out the evidence for the nature and holdings of libraries in Anglo-Saxon England, from the sixth century to the eleventh. It is furnished with appendices which include editions of all surviving Anglo-Saxon book inventories, lists of those manuscripts exported from and imported into Anglo-Saxon England, and a catalogue of all classical and patristic works cited by Anglo-Saxon authors. The volume is concluded by a comprehensive index (combining the evidence of inventories, surviving manuscripts, and citations) of all classical and patristic writings known in England before 1100. Zusammenfassung Sets out the evidence for the nature and holdings of libraries in Anglo-Saxon England, from the sixth century to the eleventh. This study contains appendices, which include editions of almost all surviving Anglo-Saxon book inventories and lists of those manuscripts exported from and imported into Anglo-Saxon England. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Vanished Libraries of Classical Antiquity 3: Vanished Libraries of Anglo-Saxon England 4: Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (I): The Evidence of Inventories 5: Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (II): The Evidence of Manuscripts 6: Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (III): The Evidence of Citations 7: Conclusions Appendix A: Six Inventories of Latin Books from Anglo-Saxon Libraries (Excluding Biblical and Liturgical Books) Appendix B: Eighth-Century Inventories of Books from the Areas of the Anglo-Saxon Mission in Germany Appendix C: Surviving Eighth-Century Manuscripts from the Area of the Anglo-Saxon Mission in Germany Appendix D: Ninth-Century Manuscripts of Continental Origin Having Pre-Conquest English Provenance Appendix E: Books Cited by the Principal Anglo-Saxon Authors Catalogue of Classical and Patristic Authors and Works Composed before AD 700 and Known in Anglo-Saxon England Index of Manuscripts General Index ...
