A splendid volume so evidently the product of decades of work and synthsized scholarship. --Andy Orchard, Notes and Queries The Anglo-Saxon Library is a singular scholarly achievement in respect to both its subject and its execution. Rigorous research in several disciplines converges in its pages, and Lapidge breaks new ground regarding our understandings of how various forces, including ancient and medieval book culture, literary, and cannon, have shaped and continue to shape Western thought and learning. --J.G. Matthews, Libraries and the Cultural Record