Communal creativity in the making of the 'Beowulf' Manuscript : towards a history of reception for the Nowell Codex / by Simon C. Thomson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomson, Simon C., author.

Contributor:

Albert C. Baugh Book Fund.

Series:

Library of the written word ; 67.

Library of the written word. Manuscript world ; v. 10.

Library of the written word ; volume 67. The manuscript world ; volume 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epic poetry, English (Old).

Criticism, Textual.

Scribes.

England.

Beowulf--Criticism, Textual.

Beowulf.

Nowell codex.

Beowulf--English (Old English)--(Nowell codex).

De rebus in Oriente mirabilibus--English (Old English)--(Nowell codex).

De rebus in Oriente mirabilibus.

Scribes--England.

British Library--Manuscript--Cotton Vitellius A XV.

British Library.

Manuscripts, English (Old).

Epic poetry, English (Old)--Criticism, Textual.

Manuscripts, Medieval--England.

Manuscripts, Medieval.

Manuscripts, Medieval--Editing.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 392 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, color facsimiles ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Summary:

"Simon Thomson analyses details of scribal activity to tell a story about the project that preserved 'Beowulf' as one of a collective, if error-strewn, endeavour and arguing for a date in Cnut's reign. He presents evidence for the use of more than three exemplars and at least two artists as well as two scribes, making this an intentional and creative re-presentation uniting literature religious and heroic, in poetry and in prose. He goes on to set it in the broader context of manuscript production in late Anglo-Saxon England as one example among many of communities using old literature in new ways, and of scribes working together, making mistakes, and learning."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

(Re)introducing the texts of the Nowell Codex

Reconstructing the Nowell Codex

The images in the Wonders of the East

Scribe A's performance

Scribe B's performance

Communal manuscript production in late Anglo-Saxon England

Appendix 1. Sections and structural ideas in the Wonders of the East

Appendix 2. Images and colours used in the Wonders of the East

Appendix 3. Scribal corrections in the Nowell Codex

Appendix 4. Readers' annotations to the Nowell Codex.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert C. Baugh Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Thomson, Simon C. Communal creativity in the making of the 'Beowulf' Manuscript.

ISBN:

9789004360853

9004360859

OCLC:

1019737545

Publisher Number:

40028301764