Learning and literature in Anglo-Saxon England : studies presented to Peter Clemoes on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday

An collection of essays by specialists in the field examining Anglo-Saxon learning and text interpretation and transmission. 1. The Background Books, Libraries And Learning In Anglo-saxon England: Whitby As A Centre Of Learning In The Seventh Century / Peter Hunter Blair -- Surviving Booklists From Anglo-saxon England / Michael Lapidge -- Liturgical Books In Anglo-saxon England And Their Old English Terminology / Helmut Gneuss -- King Athelstan's Books / Simon Keynes -- 2. Texts, Sources And Interpretations: Thoughts On Ephrem, The Syrian In Anglo-saxon England / Patrick Sims-williams -- On The Library Of The Old English Martyrologist / J.e. Cross -- The Orientation System In The Old English Orosius: Shifted Or Not? / Michael Korhammer -- Anglo-saxons On The Mind / M.r. Godden -- The Homilies Of The Blickling Manuscript / D.g. Scragg -- The Liturgical Background Of The Old English Advent Lyrics: A Reappraisal / Susan Rankin -- The Office In Late Anglo-saxon Monasticism / M. Mcc. Gatch -- The Judgement Of The Damned (from Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 201 And Other Manuscripts), And The Definition Of Old English Verse / E.g. Stanley -- Beowulf And The Judgement Of The Righteous / Stanley B. Greenfield -- Linguistic Evidence As A Guide To The Authorship Of Old English Verse: A Reappraisal, With Special Reference To Beowulf / Janet Bately. Edited By Michael Lapidge And Helmut Gneuss. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. The book is divided into two complementary parts. The first looks at the background to Anglo-Saxon learning, in particular at the composition of monastic and private libraries and the nature of the individual works available in them. The second examines the contents and sources of individual texts and reviews the problems of interpretation and transmission these pose for scholars.