The community of St. Cuthbert in the late tenth century : the Chester-le-Street additions to Durham Cathedral Library A.IV.19 / Karen Louise Jolly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jolly, Karen Louise.

Series:

Text and context (Columbus, Ohio)

Text and context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collectars--England--Texts.

Collectars.

Catholic Church. Durham collectar.

Catholic Church.

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--England.

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern).

Anglo-Saxons.

Monasteries.

Historiography.

England.

Manuscripts, English (Old).

Monasteries--England--Chester-le-Street--Historiography.

Monasteries--England--Durham--Historiography.

Anglo-Saxons--England--Chester-le-Street.

Anglo-Saxons--England--Durham.

England--Durham.

England--Chester-le-Street.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 410 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2012]

Summary:

The manuscript which is analyzed in this study, Durham A.IV.19, is a collection of Latin liturgical pieces which were translated word-for-word (in between the lines) into Old English by a provost named Aldred, at St. Cuthbert's monastery in the town of Chester-le-Street in the 10th century. In this painstaking study, Aldred's translation and additional glosses to the manuscript are examined, with surprisingly fruitful results, as Jolly (history, U. of Hawai'i at Manoa) reconstructs Northumbrian education, the political and religious position of Chester-le-Street vis-'a-vis the political power in Wessex, and the importance of Irish theology as a resource in Northumbria. Chapters are included providing a biography of Aldred and a description of the liturgical practice at Chester-le-Street. A complete transcript of the manuscript and its interlinear translation is included. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

History: the temporal and geographic landscape in Northumbria

Biography: Aldred and his world

Paleography and codicology: the Chester-le-Street scriptorium

Liturgy: the community of St. Cuthbert at prayer

Scholarship and education: the textual community at Chester-le-Street

Conclusion: religious formation and the vocabulary of prayer

The texts: additions to Durham Cathedral Library A.IV.19.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-394) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780814211816

081421181X

9780814292822

0814292828

OCLC:

756837028