The Recovery of Old English
Anglo-Saxon Studies in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Published on 1. February 2001
Book
Hardback
438 pages
978-1-58044-013-4 (ISBN)
Description
The eight essays in The Recovery of Old English consider major aspects of the progress of Anglo-Saxon studies from their Tudor beginnings until their coming of age in the second half of the seventeenth century.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
22 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
852 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58044-013-4 (9781580440134)
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Timothy Graham is a professor of history at the University of New Mexico and specializes in Anglo-Saxon England, paleography, and codicology. He is the coeditor of Introduction to Manuscript Studies which has become an authoritative textbook on the subject.
Content
List of Figures
Preface
List of Abbreviations
The Study of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in the Seventeenth Century and the Establishment of Old English Studies in the Universities by Angelika Lutz
John Joscelyn, Pioneer of Old English Lexicography by Timothy Graham
The Anglo-Saxon Pantheon According to Richard Verstegen (1605) by Rolf H. Bremmer Jr.
William L'Isle and the Editing of Old English by Phillip Pulsiano
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 381: William L'Isle, AElfric, and the Ancrene Wisse by Stuart Lee
The Construction of Structure in the Earliest Editions of Old English Poetry by Danielle Cunniff Plumer
"The Oracle of His Countrey"? William Somner, Gavelkind, and Lexicography in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries by Kathryn A. Lowe
"That Most Elaborate One of Fr. Junius": An Investigation of Francis Junius's Manuscript Old English Dictionary by Kees Dekker
List of Works Cited
Index of Manuscripts
General Index
Preface
List of Abbreviations
The Study of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in the Seventeenth Century and the Establishment of Old English Studies in the Universities by Angelika Lutz
John Joscelyn, Pioneer of Old English Lexicography by Timothy Graham
The Anglo-Saxon Pantheon According to Richard Verstegen (1605) by Rolf H. Bremmer Jr.
William L'Isle and the Editing of Old English by Phillip Pulsiano
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 381: William L'Isle, AElfric, and the Ancrene Wisse by Stuart Lee
The Construction of Structure in the Earliest Editions of Old English Poetry by Danielle Cunniff Plumer
"The Oracle of His Countrey"? William Somner, Gavelkind, and Lexicography in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries by Kathryn A. Lowe
"That Most Elaborate One of Fr. Junius": An Investigation of Francis Junius's Manuscript Old English Dictionary by Kees Dekker
List of Works Cited
Index of Manuscripts
General Index