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The tremulous hand of Worcester : a study of Old English in the thirteenth century
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Franzen, Christine, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English philology--Study and teaching--History--Old English, ca. 450-1100--England--Worcester.
- English philology.
- English language--Lexicography--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Worcester--England.
- English language.
- Manuscripts, English (Old)--History--England--Worcester.
- Manuscripts, English (Old).
- Manuscripts, Medieval--History--Worcester--England.
- Manuscripts, Medieval.
- Transmission of texts--Worcester--England.
- Transmission of texts.
- Paleography, English--England--Worcester.
- Paleography, English.
- Scriptoria--England--Worcester.
- Scriptoria.
- Scribes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 229 p.) : ill.
- Other Title:
- tremulous hand of Worcester
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1991.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title examines the work of a 13th-century scribe, known as the 'tremulous hand of Worcester', who glossed some 50,000 Old English words into Latin and Middle English. The book answers questions regarding his methods, use of sources, knowledge of Old English, and the purpose of his glossing.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
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