The Vercelli Homilies and Related Texts - Early English Text Society Original Series

D. G. Scragg, Early English Text Society

Hardback (26 May 2016) | English,English, Old (ca. 450-1100)

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A critical edition of the Old English homilies in Vercelli, Biblioteca Capitolare MS CXVII, with parallel passages from related manuscripts. The introduction deals with the manuscript, language, parallel texts and Latin sources. The text has a critical apparatus giving the readings of other manuscripts and analogues from the other homilies, and there is a commentary and glossary. This is the first complete edition of these important ninth- or tenth-century texts.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780197223024
Publisher:	OUP OXFORD
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	26 May 2016
DEWEY:	252
DEWEY edition:	20
Language:	English,English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
Number of pages:	478
Weight:	878g
Height:	142mm
Width:	222mm
Spine width:	53mm