ENGLISH

Books and Libraries in Early England

By Helmut Gneuss

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1996
ISBN
0860786021, 9780860786023
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
997 kB (1020457 bytes)
Series
Variorum Collected Studies
Pages
328\0
Orientation
no
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2024-11-18 23:50:27

Description

The essays in this second volume from Helmut Gneuss are devoted to the study of books, their readers, and libraries in medieval England, especially in the Anglo-Saxon period. The selection opens with a survey of the history of the medieval English library, followed by detailed studies of Anglo-Saxon book production. These also examine its relation in the 9th century to King Alfred's plan for educational reform, and to the intellectual history of the 10th century. Two articles deal with liturgical books, and include the standard classified list of liturgical manuscripts. To end, there is an analysis of the earliest modern catalogue of books with Old English texts, that by George Hickes, and an investigation of the history of the Latin hymnal in Britain.

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