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The study of manuscripts is fundamental to the appreciation of Anglo-Saxon texts and culture. Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: Basic Readings provides an introductory collection of materials covering basic terms, techniques, resources, issues, and applications. Focusing on manuscripts copied before 1100 in England, the selections gathered here consider their history, production, analysis, and significance. Drawn from a variety of published sources and new writings commissioned for this collection, these essays offer a thorough background in principles and practices, along with up-to-date coverage of new developments in paleography. This interdisciplinary collection introduces key subjects of research for Anglo-Saxon studies while suggesting potential developments and new directions within the field.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Basic Readings in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts
- List of Abbreviations
- 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
- History of the Manuscript and Punctuation (from Ălfric's First Series of Catholic HomiliesâBritish Library, Royal 7. C.xii, fols. 4-218)
- The Production of an Illustrated Version (from The Old English Illustrated Hexateuch)
- The Publication of Alfred's Pastoral Care
- Index to Manuscripts