Anglo-Saxon England v26: Volume 26 - Brossura

Lapidge, Michael

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521038510 ISBN 13: 9780521038515

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

In the present volume, the two essays that frame the book provide exciting insight into the mental world of the Anglo-Saxons.

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In the present volume, the two essays that frame the book provide exciting insight into the mental world of the Anglo-Saxons by showing how they understood the processes of reading and assimilating knowledge as well as showing how they conceived of time and the passage of the seasons. The usual bibliography rounds off the book.

Contenuti

List of illustrations; 1. Rœdan, areccan, smeagan: how the Anglo-Saxons read M. B. Parkes; 2. The Book of Durrow and the question of programme Martin Werner; 3. The liturgy of St Willibrord Yitzhak Hen; 4. The case for a West Saxon minuscule Julia Crick; 5. Power, skill and virtue in the Old English Boethius Nicole Guenther Discenza; 6. The Galba Psalter: pictures, texts and context in an early medieval prayerbook Robert Deshman; 7. On the date, provenance and relationship of the 'Solomon and Saturn' dialogues Patrick P. O'Neill; 8. The origin and development of the Anglo-Saxon Pychomachia illustrations Gernot R. Wieland; 9. Lost in translation: omission of episodes in some Old English prose saints' legends E. Gordon Whatley; 10. 'Evil Tongues': a previously unedited Old English sermon David and Ian McDougall; 11. The seasons of the year in Old English Earl R. Anderson; 12. Bibliography for 1996 Carl T. Berkhout, Carole P. Biggam, Mark Blackburn, Debby Banham, Alexander Rumble and Simon Keynes.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521038510
• ISBN 13: 9780521038515
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 340
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile