Medieval History
Frederick M. Biggs, ed., _The Apocrypha_, Instrumenta Anglistica Medievalia 1
(Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications, 2007). xx, 117 pp. ISBN
978-1-58044-119-3. $12 (softcover).
This volume brings up to date the entries on Apocrypha first published in
_Sources of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture: A Trial Version_, ed. Frederick M.
Biggs, Thomas D. Hill, and Paul E. Szarmach (Binghamton, N.Y., 1990), which
were themselves intended to correct and amplify the entries on Apocrypha first
assembled by J. D. A. Ogilvy in his _Books Known to the English, 597?1066_
(Cambridge, Mass., 1967). The book provides complete coverage of the
knowledge
and transmission of almost eighty apocryphal texts in Anglo-Saxon England,
supported by a bibliography of over 500 titles. This is the first publication
in a new series, Instrumenta Anglistica Medievalia, which is intended to serve
as a forum for interim and subsidiary publications related to the Sources of
Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture project. Copies can be ordered through the MIP
online bookstore (www.wmich.edu/medieval/mip/books/saslc.htm).
- Dissertation Revelation: Pervasive Apocypha
When I first started writing my dissertation proposal, I knew that apocrypha were important in Anglo-Saxon England. Otherwise, why would it be suitable for a dissertation? Of course, many others have written about the subject, but I wanted to offer a...
- Cfp On Late Old English Verse
Late Old English Verse This session focuses on Old English poetry datable to between c. 950 and 1150. Many of these poems are embedded in late annals in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; most of them were snubbed by being excluded from volume 6 of the Anglo-Saxon...
- Szarmach Festschrift
The festschrift in honor of Paul Szarmach is now available: Intertexts: Studies in Anglo-Saxon Culture Presented to Paul E. Szarmach / edited by Virginia Blanton and Helene Scheck. Tempe: MRTS, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-86698-382-2 / MR 334 / $57, ?50. Details...
- Michelle Brown's New Book
I bought this one: Manuscripts from the Anglo-Saxon Age By Michelle P Brown This beautifully illustrated new book by renowned manuscripts expert Michelle Brown provides an authoritative introduction to Manuscripts from the Anglo-Saxon Age, aided by over...
- Anglo-saxon Charters
Anglo-Saxon Charters Series: Texts Now Available Online Since 1973 the texts of Anglo-Saxon charters, together with translations of those extant in an Old English version, have been published by archive in the Anglo-Saxon Charters series. The series...
Medieval History
New Book
Frederick M. Biggs, ed., _The Apocrypha_, Instrumenta Anglistica Medievalia 1
(Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications, 2007). xx, 117 pp. ISBN
978-1-58044-119-3. $12 (softcover).
This volume brings up to date the entries on Apocrypha first published in
_Sources of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture: A Trial Version_, ed. Frederick M.
Biggs, Thomas D. Hill, and Paul E. Szarmach (Binghamton, N.Y., 1990), which
were themselves intended to correct and amplify the entries on Apocrypha first
assembled by J. D. A. Ogilvy in his _Books Known to the English, 597?1066_
(Cambridge, Mass., 1967). The book provides complete coverage of the
knowledge
and transmission of almost eighty apocryphal texts in Anglo-Saxon England,
supported by a bibliography of over 500 titles. This is the first publication
in a new series, Instrumenta Anglistica Medievalia, which is intended to serve
as a forum for interim and subsidiary publications related to the Sources of
Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture project. Copies can be ordered through the MIP
online bookstore (www.wmich.edu/medieval/mip/books/saslc.htm).
- Dissertation Revelation: Pervasive Apocypha
When I first started writing my dissertation proposal, I knew that apocrypha were important in Anglo-Saxon England. Otherwise, why would it be suitable for a dissertation? Of course, many others have written about the subject, but I wanted to offer a...
- Cfp On Late Old English Verse
Late Old English Verse This session focuses on Old English poetry datable to between c. 950 and 1150. Many of these poems are embedded in late annals in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; most of them were snubbed by being excluded from volume 6 of the Anglo-Saxon...
- Szarmach Festschrift
The festschrift in honor of Paul Szarmach is now available: Intertexts: Studies in Anglo-Saxon Culture Presented to Paul E. Szarmach / edited by Virginia Blanton and Helene Scheck. Tempe: MRTS, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-86698-382-2 / MR 334 / $57, ?50. Details...
- Michelle Brown's New Book
I bought this one: Manuscripts from the Anglo-Saxon Age By Michelle P Brown This beautifully illustrated new book by renowned manuscripts expert Michelle Brown provides an authoritative introduction to Manuscripts from the Anglo-Saxon Age, aided by over...
- Anglo-saxon Charters
Anglo-Saxon Charters Series: Texts Now Available Online Since 1973 the texts of Anglo-Saxon charters, together with translations of those extant in an Old English version, have been published by archive in the Anglo-Saxon Charters series. The series...