1st comprehensive survey of the nature and holdings of libraries in Anglo-Saxon-England. Definitve catalogue of all works known in England before 1100.
1st comprehensive survey of the nature and holdings of libraries in Anglo-Saxon-England. Definitve catalogue of all works known in England before 1100.
Michael Lapidge was Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge (1991-8) and Notre Dame Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame (1999-2004); he is now Fellow Emeritus of Clare College, Cambridge. He has published widely on the literature of the Anglo-Saxons (both Old English and Latin). His most recent book was The Cult of St Swithun (OUP, 2003). He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and Corresponding Fellow of the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften and of the Accademia dei Lincei (Rome).
Inhaltsangabe
* 1: Introduction * 2: Vanished Libraries of Classical Antiquity * 3: Vanished Libraries of Anglo-Saxon England * 4: Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (I): The Evidence of Inventories * 5: Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (II): The Evidence of Manuscripts * 6: Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (III): The Evidence of Citations * 7: Conclusions * Appendix A: Six Inventories of Latin Books from Anglo-Saxon Libraries (Excluding Biblical and Liturgical Books) * Appendix B: Eighth-Century Inventories of Books from the Areas of the Anglo-Saxon Mission in Germany * Appendix C: Surviving Eighth-Century Manuscripts from the Area of the Anglo-Saxon Mission in Germany * Appendix D: Ninth-Century Manuscripts of Continental Origin Having Pre-Conquest English Provenance * Appendix E: Books Cited by the Principal Anglo-Saxon Authors * Catalogue of Classical and Patristic Authors and Works Composed before AD 700 and Known in Anglo-Saxon England * Index of Manuscripts * General Index
* 1: Introduction * 2: Vanished Libraries of Classical Antiquity * 3: Vanished Libraries of Anglo-Saxon England * 4: Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (I): The Evidence of Inventories * 5: Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (II): The Evidence of Manuscripts * 6: Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (III): The Evidence of Citations * 7: Conclusions * Appendix A: Six Inventories of Latin Books from Anglo-Saxon Libraries (Excluding Biblical and Liturgical Books) * Appendix B: Eighth-Century Inventories of Books from the Areas of the Anglo-Saxon Mission in Germany * Appendix C: Surviving Eighth-Century Manuscripts from the Area of the Anglo-Saxon Mission in Germany * Appendix D: Ninth-Century Manuscripts of Continental Origin Having Pre-Conquest English Provenance * Appendix E: Books Cited by the Principal Anglo-Saxon Authors * Catalogue of Classical and Patristic Authors and Works Composed before AD 700 and Known in Anglo-Saxon England * Index of Manuscripts * General Index
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