The transmission of classical and patristic texts in late Anglo-Saxon and early Norman England
Abstract
This thesis consists of a general introduction to the
historical and palaeographical background to the subject of
the transmission of Classical and Patristic texts in late
Anglo-Saxon and early Norman England, followed by five
chapters each dealing with a classical or patristic author.
Each chapter lists the information we have available on
manuscripts containing the author's work, and conclusions
are drawn as to the transmission of that work. In the case
of five texts, Persius, Satirae; Augustine, Enchiridion;
Gregory, Cura pastoralis and Moralia and Isidore, Synonymar
portions of each MS are taken and compared in detail with
each other and with the modern printed edition, and a stemma
is constructed on the basis of evidence thus obtained. A
conclusion draws together the information on the
transmission of such manuscripts throughout the eighth to
twelfth centuries. There are two appendices: the first
contains brief notes on texts by Classical and Patristic
authors of which there are not enough copies to form
stemmata, while the second takes the form of a short
analysis of the use of the letter k in the margins of some
insular MSS studied. There are also indices nominum et
manuscriptorum. The work is divided into two volumes after
Chapter Three.
Type
Thesis, PhD Doctor of Philosophy
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