
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 5
MS C
Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe(Editor)
D.S. Brewer (Publisher)
Published on 2. November 2000
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-85991-491-8 (ISBN)
Description
An important source of information for the reign of Edward the Confessor, with a unique political perspective on the ascendency of Godwine and his sons.
This volume presents a semi-diplomatic edition of the text of MS C (London, British Library Cotton, Tiberius B.i). Usually referred to as "the Abingdon Chronicle", it was substantially copied in the mid-eleventh century and continued to be so sporadically thereafter; the supplement to its abrupt ending by a twelfth-century reader suggests that it was still of interest in the period after the Conquest. The C-text is an important source of information for the reign of Edward the Confessor, and it brings a unique political perspective to the ascendency of Godwine and his sons.
The traditional association of the text, manuscript or both with the reformed monastery of Abingdon has been an important feature of the current understanding of the interrelationships among the several texts of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. The present edition examines the various arguments for associating the C-text with Abingdon and the difficulties inherent in these arguments. It brings to bear evidence from the palaeography and codicology of the manuscript as well as text historical and linguistic evidence. The introduction to the text considers the different strands composing the C-text, and the close relationships of this text to MSS B, D, and E, and the volume is completed with indices of persons, peoples and places.
Professor KATHERINE O'BRIEN O'KEEFFE teaches in the Department of English at the University of Notre Dame.
This volume presents a semi-diplomatic edition of the text of MS C (London, British Library Cotton, Tiberius B.i). Usually referred to as "the Abingdon Chronicle", it was substantially copied in the mid-eleventh century and continued to be so sporadically thereafter; the supplement to its abrupt ending by a twelfth-century reader suggests that it was still of interest in the period after the Conquest. The C-text is an important source of information for the reign of Edward the Confessor, and it brings a unique political perspective to the ascendency of Godwine and his sons.
The traditional association of the text, manuscript or both with the reformed monastery of Abingdon has been an important feature of the current understanding of the interrelationships among the several texts of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. The present edition examines the various arguments for associating the C-text with Abingdon and the difficulties inherent in these arguments. It brings to bear evidence from the palaeography and codicology of the manuscript as well as text historical and linguistic evidence. The introduction to the text considers the different strands composing the C-text, and the close relationships of this text to MSS B, D, and E, and the volume is completed with indices of persons, peoples and places.
Professor KATHERINE O'BRIEN O'KEEFFE teaches in the Department of English at the University of Notre Dame.
Reviews / Votes
Filled with a wealth of valuable detail... a major work. [A's] careful readings of manuscript and textual evidence provide crucial new insights into the central questions that concern the Chronicle's development and the development of the C-text in particular. SPECULUM AN authoritative edition. * JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY *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
4 s/w Abbildungen
4 b/w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
578 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85991-491-8 (9780859914918)
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Person
Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe is Professor of English and Fellow of the Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame.
Content
The manuscript: history; physical description; contents; scribes; scribal practices. The text: textual relationships; the attribution to Abingdon. Language: the language of hands 1-7; orthography; phonology; morphology; the language of hand 8; orthography; accidence. Conventions of editing.