Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. contents v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Encrypted Visions: Style and Sense in the Anglo-Saxon Minor Arts, A.D. 400–900 11
6. Rethinking the Ruthwell and Bewcastle Monuments: Some Deprecation of Style; Some Consideration of Form and Ideology 31
7. Iuxta Morem Romanorum: Stone and Sculpture in Anglo-Saxon England 69
8. Beckwith Revisited: Some Ivory Carvings from Canterbury 101
9. Style in Late Anglo-Saxon England: Questions of Learning and Intention 115
10. House Style in the Scriptorium, Scribal Reality, and Scholarly Myth 131
11. Style and Layout of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts 151
12. What We Talk about When We Talk about Style 169
13. “Either/And” as “Style” in Anglo-Saxon Christian Poetry 179
14. Eating People Is Wrong: Funny Style in Andreas and its Analogues 201
15. Aldhelm’s Jewel Tones: Latin Colors through Anglo-Saxon Eyes 223
16. The Discreet Charm of the Old English Weak Adjective 239
17. Rhythm and Alliteration: Styles of Ælfric’s Prose up to the Lives of Saints 253
18. Both Style and Substance: The Case for Cynewulf 271
19. Contributors 307
20. Index 311
21. Index of Manuscripts Cited 319