ÆLfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham

ISBN-13: 9780521630115 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 266 str.

Christopher A. Jones

Opis

Though best known today for his Old English homilies, the Anglo-Saxon scholar AElfric also composed, in a "letter" to his fellow monks, a set of Latin liturgical instructions that offer a rare glimpse of what ordinary monks were expected to know and do. This book contains a new edition of the Latin text with a critical apparatus, and the only complete English translation. Commentary and substantial introductory chapters establish the letter's exceptional importance for our understanding of late Anglo-Saxon monasticism and liturgy.

Recenzje

'Jones provides a lucid and rather accurate English translation of Ælfric's letter, which is the first complete English translation of this work, and his textual commentary is full of illuminating liturgical and historical information. In short, Christopher A. Jones' Ælfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham will undoubtedly become an indispensable tool for any student of the mastic liturgy of Anglo-Saxon England, and it deserves a very warm welcome indeed.' Revue Belge de Philologie et d'Histoire

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. The Eynsham 'letter' and the study of Ælfric; 2. Structure and sources; 3. The manuscript; 4. Critical and editorial history; Editorial principles; Ælfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham: text and translation; Commentary; Appendix; Bibliography; Index of liturgical formae; General index.