Anglo-Saxon England v33: Volume 33 (Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 33) - Softcover

Lapidge, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521038596 ISBN 13: 9780521038591

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

It is red-letter day in Anglo-Saxon studies when a previously unknown Old English text comes to light. In 2002, as the result of some outstanding scholarly detective work, a fragmentary homiliary, containing exegetical homilies for the Sundays after Pentecost, came to light in the Somerset County Records Office in Taunton. The manuscript apparently dates from the middle years of the eleventh century; but questions of when and where and by whom the homiliary was composed can only be answered by close philological study of the Old English text itself. The present volume of Anglo-Saxon England contains a printed edition of this interesting text, and detailed philological analysis leads to the extraordinary hypothesis that the text may have been composed by someone whose native language was not English, and who was apparently unfamiliar with the mainstream of English homiletic composition, best illustrated in the work of Ælfric. The usual comprehensive bibliography of the previous year's publications in all branches of Anglo-Saxon studies rounds off the book.

About this title

Book Description:

In 2002, a fragmentary homiliary containing exegetical homilies for the Sundays after Pentecost, came to light. The manuscript apparently dates from the mid-eleventh century, and this volume of Anglo-Saxon England contains a printed edition of this interesting text. The usual comprehensive bibliography is also provided.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521038596
• ISBN 13: 9780521038591
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416