The Text of the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon England (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521464772)

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: 0521464773
ISBN-13: 9780521464772
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/02/1995
Pages: 536
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.93lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.31w x 1.27d