COMPREHENSIVE, ANNOTATED LIST OF OVER A THOUSAND ANGLO-SAXON SCRIBAL
HANDS, LINKING THEM TO PLACE AND MANUSCRIPT.
During the final century of the Anglo-Saxon state, the use of written
English reached remarkable heights. Yet, while the make-up and
contents of the many books and documents surviving from the period
have been fully catalogued, less attention has been devoted to those
who produced them. This is the first comprehensive annotated list of
the scribal hands whose work survives from the time of the Benedictine
Reform under King Edgar to that of the generation succeeding the
Norman Conquest. More than a thousand hands are listed, together with
details of their work, which ranges from a few words or sentences in
marginalia to multiple volumes. The result is a reference tool which
will allow further research not only into palaeographical issues but
also into the writing habits and grammar of individuals and groups of
related scribes and into patterns of education in some of the larger
cultural centres.
Donald Scragg is Professor Emeritus of Anglo-Saxon Studies at the
University of Manchester.
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ISBN
9781782047421
Publisert
2020
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Ingram Publisher Services UK- Academic
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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