In:
Anglo-Saxon England, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 41 ( 2012-12), p. 101-144
Abstract:
The Codex ‘Lindisfarnensis’ (London, British Library, Cotton Nero D. iv, early eighth century) was glossed in Old English by the tenth-century priest Aldred. Aldred's colophon purports to give information about the eighth-century makers of the manuscript, at Lindisfarne. What is actually reliable about this highly literary colophon is Aldred's purpose in writing the gloss: to give the Evangelists a voice to address ‘ all the brothers’ – particularly the Latinless. We propose new interpretations of three OE words ( gihamadi, inlad, ora ) misunderstood before. Aldred was learned; his sources extend from Ovid through the Fathers to contemporary texts.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0263-6751
,
1474-0532
DOI:
10.1017/S0263675112000026
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
2012
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2090610-9
SSG:
7,25
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