Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 13

Anglo-Saxon England consistently embraces all the main aspects of study of Anglo-Saxon history and culture.

Peter Clemoes (Edited by), Simon Keynes (Edited by), Michael Lapidge (Edited by)

9780521332033, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 17 April 1986

348 pages
23.4 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm, 0.675 kg

Among the diverse topics covered in this volume is a pioneer account of a unique group of Anglo-Saxon embroideries preserved on the continent and the publication of a previously unknown charter. Themes illuminated are as varied as the status of women, early urban history, the nature of medical collections, the standing of Marian feasts and the function of musical notation. The study of Old English poetry is advanced textually, codicologically, culturally, linguistically and critically. Innovation and established practice go hand-in-hand: a record of the first conference of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists and versions of six papers read at conference are included. The usual comprehensive bibliography of the previous year's publications in all branches of Anglo-Saxon studies rounds off the book.

List of illustrations
1. Record of the first conference of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, at Brussels and Ghent, 22–4 August 1983 Stanley B. Greenfield
2. The nature of Christianity in Beowulf Edward B. Irving Jr
3. The state of the Beowulf manuscript 1882–1983 Kevin S. Kiernan
4. Hidden glosses in manuscripts of Old English poetry Alfred Bammesberger
5. Spellings of the waldend group - again Angelika Lutz
6. The Maaseik embroideries Mildred Budny and Dominic Tweddle
7. From memory to record: musical notations in manuscripts from Exeter Susan Rankin
8. From 'palace' to 'town': Northampton and urban origins John H. Williams
9. A new charter of King Edgar Nicholas Brooks, Margaret Gelling and Douglas Johnson
10. A friwif locbore revisited Christine Fell
11. Stylistic disjunctions in The Dream of the Road Carol Braun Pasternack
12. The construction of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Junius II Barbara C. Raw
13. Feasts of the virgin in the liturgy of the Anglo-Saxon church Mary Clayton
14. Variant versions of Old English medical remedies and the compilation of Bald's Leechbook Audrey L. Meaney
15. Bibliography for 1983 Carl T. Berkhout, Martin Biddle, Mark Blackburn, C. R. E. Coutts, David N. Dumville and Simon Keynes.

Subject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 [HBLC], British & Irish history [HBJD1]