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Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 31
Michael Lapidge (Ed.)
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Description for Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 31
hardcover. In this volume, the 'Junius Manuscript', one of the most important manuscripts surviving from pre-Conquest England receives penetrating analysis by several scholars. Editor(s): Lapidge, Professor Michael; Godden, Malcolm; Keynes, Simon. Series: Anglo-Saxon England. Num Pages: 378 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 766.
One of the most important manuscripts surviving from pre-Conquest England receives penetrating analysis by several scholars. The 'Junius Manuscript' is evaluated from a number of intersecting perspectives, including codicology, decoration, script and punctuation; the confluence of these permits a fresh and convincing dating of this crucially important witness to Old English poetry. This demonstration is strikingly corroborated by an independent analysis of the textual transmission of one of the poems contained in the manuscript – Daniel – which is analysed in connection with another poetic version of the same biblical text, here entitled Three Youths, preserved in the 'Exeter Book'. ... Read more
One of the most important manuscripts surviving from pre-Conquest England receives penetrating analysis by several scholars. The 'Junius Manuscript' is evaluated from a number of intersecting perspectives, including codicology, decoration, script and punctuation; the confluence of these permits a fresh and convincing dating of this crucially important witness to Old English poetry. This demonstration is strikingly corroborated by an independent analysis of the textual transmission of one of the poems contained in the manuscript – Daniel – which is analysed in connection with another poetic version of the same biblical text, here entitled Three Youths, preserved in the 'Exeter Book'. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
Series
Anglo-Saxon England
Number of Pages
378
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521807722
SKU
V9780521807722
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