Books and Libraries in Early England

Helmut Gneuss

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Variorum
31 December 1996

Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Library & information services; Antiques & collectables: books, manuscripts, ephemera & printed matter

Series: Variorum Collected Studies

A collection of articles in English and German devoted to the study of books, readers and libraries in medieval England, especially in the Anglo-Saxon period. The first article surveys the history of the English library from its beginnings to the suppression of the monasteries. It is followed by a more detailed examination of the first four centuries of Anglo-Saxon book collections and by studies on book production in 9th-century England, as seen in relation to King Alfred's plans for educational reform and to the intellectual background of library history in the 10th century. Of two articles on liturgical books, one sets out the now standard classified list of liturgical manuscripts written and owned in Anglo-Saxon England; other essays look at individual manuscripts and the earliest modern catalogue of surviving books with Old English texts.

By: Helmut Gneuss
Imprint: Variorum
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Volume: CS558
Dimensions: Height: 224mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780860786023
ISBN 10: 0860786021
Series: Variorum Collected Studies
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 31 December 1996
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents: Foreword; Englands Bibliotheken im Mittelalter und ihr Untergang; Anglo-Saxon libraries from the conversion to the Benedictine Reform; King Alfred and the history of Anglo-Saxon libraries; BÃ¼cher und Leser in England im zehnten Jahrhundert; Liturgical books in Anglo-Saxon England and their Old English terminology; Linguistic borrowing and Old English lexicography: Old English terms for the books of the liturgy; Zur Geschichte des Ms. Vespasian A. I.; Dunstan und Hrabanus Maurus: Zur Hs. Bodleian Auctarium F.4.32; Die Handschrift Cotton Otho A. XII; Der Ã¤lteste Katalog der angelsÃ¤chsischen Handschriften und seine Nachfolger; Latin hymns in medieval England: future research; Index.

Helmut Gneuss, Emeritus, University of Munich, Germany

Reviews for Books and Libraries in Early England

Of Books and Libraries and Language and History: 'I have nothing but praise for these two volumes which make widely available some of the most significant contributions to Anglo-Saxon studies of the last forty years.' Notes and Queries, Vol. 46, No. 1 '...this book conveniently archives the indispensable work, both general and specific, of a prolific and original scholar.' Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 'Gneuss’s impressive and seemingly comprehensive knowledge of early English book production and libraries permeates every page of the volume....Gneuss [has] compiled a rich and diverse scholarly work that will find its way onto the shelves of all major research libraries.' Libraries and Culture, Vol. 34, No. 4