The early medieval Vulgate Bible had no fixed textual formmultiple copying resulted in a multitude of forms. This book is the first to describe the transmission of the Vulgate Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon England. Following an introduction that explains the wider continental history in which the dissemination of the scriptures occurred, Richard Marsden analyzes nineteen surviving Latin manuscripts and further translations of scripture into Old English. His book illuminates important areas of monastic and intellectual life, and establishes textual history as a dimension of wider Anglo-Saxon history.
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The Text of the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon England
The early medieval Vulgate Bible had no fixed textual formmultiple copying resulted in a multitude of forms. This book is the first to describe the transmission of the Vulgate Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon England. Following an introduction that explains the wider continental history in which the dissemination of the scriptures occurred, Richard Marsden analyzes nineteen surviving Latin manuscripts and further translations of scripture into Old English. His book illuminates important areas of monastic and intellectual life, and establishes textual history as a dimension of wider Anglo-Saxon history.
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The Text of the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon England
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The Text of the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon England
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ISBN-13: | 9780521031257 |
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Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Publication date: | 11/02/2006 |
Series: | Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England , #15 |
Edition description: | Revised ed. |
Pages: | 536 |
Product dimensions: | 5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 1.30(d) |
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