Anglo-Saxon Books and Their Readers: Essays in Celebration of Helmut Gneuss's Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts (Richard Rawlinson Center) - Hardcover

Hall, Thomas N

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1580441378 ISBN 13: 9781580441377

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications, 2008

Synopsis

The collection opens with Gneuss's Rawlinson Center lecture, delivered just a few months prior to the Handlist's publication. The lecture is followed by essays by Donald Scragg and Thomas N. Hall that examine the scribes, contents, circumstances of production, and intended uses of selected manuscripts from the late Anglo-Saxon period. Four essays follow, by Kees Dekker, Rebecca Brackmann, Aaron J Kleist, and Rolf H. Bremmer Jr. investigating the fates of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts at the hands of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century antiquaries. The resulting collection addresses the concerns of Anglo-Saxon manuscript studies today, which have been given new energy by the publication of the Handlist.

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About the Author

Thomas N. Hall, formerly at the University of Notre Dame, specializes in medieval religious literature, primarily from the Anglo-Saxon period. Donald Scragg is Professor Emeritus of Anglo-Saxon Studies at the University of Manchester.

Edition details

• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580441378
• ISBN 13: 9781580441377
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 198
• Editor: Hall Thomas N, Scragg Donald