Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Preface xiii
6. Introduction: Ninth-Century Backgrounds 1
7. PART ONE Notker’s Project
8. Chapter one. The Quest for Legitimization 23
9. Chapter two. Notker the Psalmist 63
10. Chapter three. The Stammering Poet 110
11. Part two. Notker’s Posthumous Career
12. Chapter four. Glory at Home: Recoding Notker at St Gall 123
13. Chapter five. Radiating Abroad: Promotion to Liturgical Standard 174
14. Chapter six. The “Hypo-Textual” Notker 196
15. In the Guise of an Epilogue Gold in the Sanctuary? 233
16. Bibliography 243
17. Index of Manuscripts 277
18. General Index 280