Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 6 MS D
Published on 5. September 1996
Book
Hardback
286 pages
978-0-85991-467-3 (ISBN)
Description
New evidence for the relationship between the manuscripts of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
Ranks among the best work on the vernacular texts undertaken this century. In its clarity of thought and expression it is a model to emulate. MEDIUM AEVUM
G.P. Cubbin's important introduction accompanying this editionargues for MS D having been created in about 1060 by copying two other Chronicle -manuscripts, thus reducing the number of versions of the Chronicle to three, and simplifying issues of interrelationship. Strong evidence is produced for the work being carriedout in or near Worcester; and another new and unexpected finding is that D itself became the source of other versions of the Chronicle for the mid-eleventh century. Linguistic analysis considers unusual features of the manuscript and supports the new history presented here.
Dr G.P. CUBBIN is Lecturer in German at the University of Cambridge.
Ranks among the best work on the vernacular texts undertaken this century. In its clarity of thought and expression it is a model to emulate. MEDIUM AEVUM
G.P. Cubbin's important introduction accompanying this editionargues for MS D having been created in about 1060 by copying two other Chronicle -manuscripts, thus reducing the number of versions of the Chronicle to three, and simplifying issues of interrelationship. Strong evidence is produced for the work being carriedout in or near Worcester; and another new and unexpected finding is that D itself became the source of other versions of the Chronicle for the mid-eleventh century. Linguistic analysis considers unusual features of the manuscript and supports the new history presented here.
Dr G.P. CUBBIN is Lecturer in German at the University of Cambridge.
Reviews / Votes
Ranks among the best work on the vernacular texts undertaken this century. In its clarity of thought and expression it is a model to emulate. * MEDIUM AEVUM *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
1 s/w Abbildung
1 b/w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
602 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85991-467-3 (9780859914673)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
G.P. Cubbin
Content
Part 1 The manuscript: history; physical description; text; scribes to 1054; stages of compilation; scribes from 1054; accents; colour; blank annals; lost, missing and duplicated annals. Part 2 Textual relationships: the Alfredian origins; the first continuation; mid-10th century; the period 983-1016; Scribes Three and Four; D as a conflation. Part 3 Place of composition: the northern chronicle; Worcester; summary of entries treated. Part 4 Language: aims and material considered; Scribe One; Scribe Two 793-890; Scribe Two in the early-10th century; Scribe Two in 10th-century northern annals; Scribe Two 983-1016; retentions in Scribe Two; Scribes Three and Four; Scribe Fifteen; Scribe Five; Scribe Eighteen; other scribes. Part 5 Text of MS D.