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A Conspectus of Scribal Hands Writing English, 700-1100

Professor Donald Scragg author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published:25th Aug '21

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A Conspectus of Scribal Hands Writing English, 700-1100 cover

Comprehensive, annotated list of over a thousand Anglo-Saxon scribal hands, linking them to place and manuscript. This book documents the entire corpus of scribal hands writing in the vernacular from the eighth century to post-Conquest. More than a thousand hands are listed, together with details of their work, which ranges from a few words or sentences in marginalia to multiple volumes; glosses and marginalia are included, together with Latin charters containing some English. Overall, it offers a comprehensive view of the scale of literacy in early medieval England, locating the familiar material produced in Alfred's day in a significantly wider context, and providing an invaluable starting point for a variety of manuscript studies.

Donald Scragg's A Conspectus of Scribal Hands Writing English, 700-1100 provides a welcome update to his earlier volume of the same title spanning the years 960-1100. -- William Brockbank * TOEBI Newsletter *

ISBN: 9781843846178

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 618g

126 pages