Working with Anglo-saxon manuscripts

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Where to find it

Information & Library Science Library

Call Number
Z106.5.G72 E43 2009
Status
Available

Summary

Working with Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts is a highly readable and well-illustrated guide to manuscript study for students and fledgling researchers in Anglo-Saxon history and literature. Bringing together invaluable advice and information from a group of eminent scholars, it aims to develop in the reader an informed and realistic approach to the mechanisms for accessing and handling manuscripts in what may be limited time. In addition to an exploration of the various manuscript resources available in libraries and their research potential, the book appraises recent developments in electronic resources, making it a beneficial aid for teachers as well as individual researchers working away from the location of manuscripts.The book includes a clear and comprehensive guide to palaeography and codicology. Chapters on Old English prose, Old English poetry and Anglo-Latin texts introduce readers to the whole range of written material extant in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. Manuscript art is uniquely presented in the context of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts as a whole, moving beyond traditional approaches, while the chapter "Reading between (and beyond) the lines" demonstrates some of the fascinating detail of glosses and marginalia, and reveals how the life of the manuscript continued beyond the writing of its main text.

Contents

  • 1 Introduction Gale R. Owen-Crocker and Maria Carmela Cesario
  • 2 The construction and writing of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts Alexander Rumble
  • 3 Manuscript sources of Old English prose Donald Scragg
  • 4 Manuscript sources of Old English poetry Elaine Treharne
  • 5 A survey of Latin manuscripts Gernot Wieland
  • 6 Reading between and beyond the lines: glosses and notes in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts Timothy Graham
  • 7 Manuscript art Catherine Karkov
  • 8 From manuscript to computer Stuart Lee and Daniel O'Donnell
  • Glossary
  • Index of Manuscripts
  • Index

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