Pre-Conquest English Prayer-Book
[BL MSS Cotton Galba A.xiv and Nero A.ii (ff.3-13)]
Bernard James Muir(Editor)
Boydell Press
Published on 1. January 1988
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-9501009-5-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first edition of an unusual 11th-century Anglo-Saxon prayer book used at the Nunnaminster, Winchester, during the first half of the 11th century. It appears to have been a sort of liturgical commonplace book to which items of interest were added by various hands from time to time, the whole eventually forming a collection of private devotions adapted for use at the Nunnaminster, thus giving an intimate view of the spiritual world of a late Anglo-Saxon nunnery. The prayer book survives now as two distinct manuscripts in the Cotton collection in the British Library, Nero A.ii and Galba A.xiv. They were severely damaged in the Cotton fire of 1731, but with the aid of ultraviolet lamps the text has been substantially recovered. The texts are accompanied by an introduction, full apparatus of parallels to other Anglo-Saxon and continental prayer books, and indexes.
Reviews / Votes
`This new edition is therefore to be welcomed, including as it does an informative introduction...as well as discussing other evidence relevant to its dating and provenance. -- Manon Jenkins <i>JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY</i>5/90More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Woodbridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
8 b/w.
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-9501009-5-1 (9780950100951)
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Bernard James Muir
Pre-Conquest English Prayer-Book
[BL MSS Cotton Galba A.xiv and Nero A.ii (ff.3-13)]
Book
03/2009
Henry Bradshaw Society
€70.90
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