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Glossing the Psalms

The Emergence of the Written Vernaculars in Western Europe from the Seventh to the Twelfth Centuries
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2017
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This study proposes a new view of glossing as a universal phenomenon. Starting from the Psalter, a centrepiece of devotion and education in early medieval Europe, it combines historical sociolinguistics, comparative philology, manuscript studies and cultural history in order to assess and compare the interface of Latin with Old Irish, Old English, Old Frisian, Old Saxon and Old High German within the context of its multilingual and textual culture.

The close study of thirteen glossed manuscripts, such as the Anglo-Saxon Vespasian Psalter and the Old Irish Milan Glosses, reveals when and why scribes switched from Latin into the vernacular, how the vernacular was used in studying Latin, how glosses interact with construe marks and punctuation, and how such manuscripts were intended to be read in a period covering the seventh to the twelfth centuries and in an area stretching from Ireland to Central Europe.

The book is an essential textbook for specialists in the growing field of glossing, and also reaches out to scholars of early medieval liturgy, education, palaeography and Christian literature.

  • First comparative study of early medieval glossing
  • Comprehensive survey chapters on glossing and the Psalms in the Middle Ages
  • Palaeographical and linguistic studies of 13 manuscripts in several Celtic and Germanic languages

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Alderik Blom, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

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    Frontmatter

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    Acknowledgements

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    Table of Contents

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    List of Abbreviations

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  • Part I
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    Chapter 1: Introduction and Scope

    3
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    Chapter 2: Glosses and Glossing

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    Chapter 3: The Psalms

    37
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    Chapter 4: Two Psalters with Text Glossing: The Southampton and St Caimín Psalters

    55
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    Chapter 5: Two Glossed Commentaries: The Milan and Vatican Commentaries

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    Chapter 6: Introduction to Interlinear Versions

    131
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    Chapter 7: The Old Alemannic Psalter Fragments

    141
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    Chapter 8: The Vespasian Psalter

    161
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    Chapter 9: The ‘Lublin/Wittenberg’ Fragments

    175
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    Chapter 10: The Regius Psalter

    189
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    Chapter 11: The Paderborn Fragment

    205
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    Chapter 12: The Lambeth Psalter

    209
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    Chapter 13: The Old Frisian Psalter Fragment

    231
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    Chapter 14: Interlinear Versions: Conclusion

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    Chapter 15: Glossaries

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    Chapter 16: Glossing the Psalms: Comparisons and Conclusions

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    Appendix: Functions and Types of Glosses

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    Bibliography

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    Manuscript Index

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    Subject Index

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eBook published on:
May 8, 2017
eBook ISBN:
9783110501865
Hardcover published on:
May 8, 2017
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110500370
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Front matter:
16
Main content:
322
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5
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110501865
eBook ISBN: 9783110501865
Hardcover ISBN: 9783110500370
Keywords for this book
Psalter; early medieval manuscripts; multilingualism
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars interested in Medieval English, German, Latin and Celtic; liturgy, education, palaeography and Christian literature
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