Sealed from within : self-authenticating insular charters

Howlett, David R

ISBN 10: 1851824553 / ISBN 13: 9781851824557

Published by Dublin : Four Courts Press, 1999

About this Item

Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; Medieval studies. Physical description; x, 110 p. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contains English translations and analyses with Latin originals. Subjects; Bible - Language, style. Paleography, Latin - British Isles. Paleography. Sources. History. Charters. Celtic Period. Great Britain - History - Anglo-Saxon period, (449-1066) - Sources. Great Britain - Charters, grants, privileges. Scotland - History - (1057-1603) - Sources. Ireland - History - To 1172 - Sources. Wales - History - To 1063 - Sources. British Isles - Charters, grants, privileges. British Isles - History - Sources. Wales - History - To 1282 - Sources. manuscripts. Genre; Bibliography. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sealed from within : self-authenticating insular charters
• Publisher: Dublin : Four Courts Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851824553
• ISBN 13: 9781851824557
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

From original manuscripts David Howlett edits, translates and analyses twenty-four Latin charters -- English, Welsh, Cornish, Irish, Scottish and Hebridean -- from the seventh century to the fifteenth, as monuments of thought and composition parallel to the literary and epigraphic traditions of these islands. This revolutionary analysis presents characters of local variety but underlying unity, in which complex self-authenticating mathematical structures produce works of art of astonishing and apprehensible beauty.