The Text of the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon England (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521031257)

The early medieval Vulgate Bible had no fixed textual form--multiple copying resulted in a multitude of forms. This book is the first to describe the transmission of the Vulgate Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon England. Following an introduction that explains the wider continental history in which the dissemination of the scriptures occurred, Richard Marsden analyzes nineteen surviving Latin manuscripts and further translations of scripture into Old English. His book illuminates important areas of monastic and intellectual life, and establishes textual history as a dimension of wider Anglo-Saxon history.

Author: Richard Marsden
ISBN-10: 0521031257
ISBN-13: 9780521031257
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2006
Pages: 536
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.71lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d