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St Gallen and the “Leiden Glossary”

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Abstract

The “Leiden Glossary” is uniquely preserved in a manuscript which was written at St Gallen c. 800 (Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek, Voss. lat. Q. 69). Because it contains more than 250 glosses in Old English, many of which are also preserved in early English glossaries from Canterbury, such as the “Épinal-Erfurt” and “Corpus” glossaries, it has been thought, since the time of Henry Sweet (writing in the 1880s), that the original collection of glosses from which these later glossaries derive was compiled at Canterbury c. 700; and subsequent scholarship attributed the compilation of the original collection to the famous Canterbury school of Archbishop Theodore (d. 690) and Abbot Hadrian (d. 709). Recently, however, this long-accepted attribution has been challenged by Professor Rosamond McKitterick, who has suggested that the “Leiden Glossary” was in fact compiled at St Gallen by the scribe(s) who copied the manuscript there in the years around 800. In support of this hypothesis, she pointed to some sixteen manuscripts preserved in the library of St Gallen at approximately the time the “Leiden Glossary” was copied there, which preserve the biblical and patristic texts which are laid under contribution in the glossary. The present article examines each of these sixteen manuscripts, and demonstrates conclusively that none of them could have been the source of entries in the “Leiden Glossary”. Furthermore, a number of texts which are represented in the “Leiden Glossary” but are not found in St Gallen manuscripts are shown to have been studied in England, at Canterbury, in the late seventh century by Anglo-Latin authors such as Aldhelm. Finally, analysis of the Old English glosses themselves demonstrates beyond doubt that they were first written down in England no later than the early eighth century. In sum, the hypothesis that the “Leiden Glossary” was compiled at St Gallen c. 800 is shown to be untenable, and the traditional attribution to the school of Canterbury is confirmed.

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Published Online: 2015-11-5
Published in Print: 2015-11-1

© 2015 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

Artikel in diesem Heft

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Frontmatter
  3. Articles
  4. Entrenchment in Historical Corpora? Reconstructing Dead Authors’ Minds from their Usage Profiles
  5. St Gallen and the “Leiden Glossary”
  6. Translatio Imperii: The Old English Orosius and the Rise of Wessex
  7. Irish Influence upon the Old English Poem Menologium Reconsidered
  8. Reviews
  9. Irén Hegedűs and Alexandra Fodor (eds.). English Historical Linguistics 2010: Selected Papers from the Sixteenth International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL 16), Pécs, 23–27 August 2010. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 325. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins, 2012, viii + 386 pp., € 105.00/$ 158.00.
  10. Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts in Microfiche Facsimile. Ed. A. N. Doane, Matthew T. Hussey and †Phillip Pulsiano. Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies (MRTS). Tempe, AZ: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2012–2014, single volumes: $ 120.00/£ 76.00 (institution), $ 90.00/£ 58.00 (individual). Vol. 18: Manuscripts in France. Descriptions by Peter J. Lucas and Angela M. Lucas. MRTS 381, 2012, xi + 166 pp. and 89 microfiches in 13 sets. Vol. 20: Manuscripts in Switzerland. Descriptions by Joseph P. McGowan. MRTS 412, 2012, x + 153 pp. and 67 microfiches in 14 sets. Vol. 21: Saints’ Lives and Homilies. Descriptions by Rolf H. Bremmer, Jr. and Kees Dekker, MRTS 413, 2013, x + 141 pp. and 69 microfiches in 17 sets. Vol. 22: Exeter Manuscripts. Descriptions by Matthew T. Hussey. MRTS 441, 2014, xiv + 190 pp. and 72 microfiches in 14 sets. Vol. 23: Aldhelm and other Classroom Authors. Descriptions by David W. Porter and †Phillip Pulsiano (with a description of the “Yale Aldhelm Fragments” [Ker 12] by A. N. Doane). MRTS 440, 2014, xiv + 82 pp. and 45 microfiches in 22 sets.
  11. Janna Müller (ed.). Die altenglische Interlinearversion der Benediktinerregel: Edition und Kommentar. Münchener Universitätsschriften. Texte und Untersuchungen zur Englischen Philologie 40. Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 2013, 514 pp., 6 illustr., € 82.95/£ 62.00/$ 100.95.
  12. Antonina Harbus. Cognitive Approaches to Old English Poetry. Anglo-Saxon Studies 18. Woodbridge: Brewer, 2012, ix + 211 pp., £ 50.00.
  13. László Sándor Chardonnens and Bryan Carella (eds.). Secular Learning in Anglo-Saxon England: Exploring the Vernacular. Amsterdamer Beiträge zur Älteren Germanistik 69. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi, 2012, xxvi + 246 pp., 8 illustr., € 58.00/$ 78.00.
  14. Cathy Hume. Chaucer and the Cultures of Love and Marriage. Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures. Cambridge: Brewer, 2012, vii + 244 pp., £ 55.00.
  15. David R. Carlson. John Gower: Poetry and Propaganda in Fourteenth-Century England. Publications of the John Gower Society 7. Cambridge: Brewer, 2012, viii + 244 pp., £ 60.00.
  16. Mihaela Irimia and Andreea Paris (eds.). Literature and the Long Modernity. Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft 176. New York/Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2014, 399 pp., € 86.00.
  17. Ralf Hertel. Staging England in the Elizabethan History Play: Performing National Identity. Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama. Farnham: Ashgate, 2014, x + 271 pp., 14 figures, £ 65.00.
  18. Cristina Malcolmson. Studies of Skin Color in the Early Royal Society: Boyle, Cavendish, Swift. Literary and Scientific Cultures of Early Modernity. Farnham: Ashgate, 2013, xii + 233 pp., 3 illustr., £ 60.00.
  19. Carsten Heinze and Alfred Hornung (eds.). Medialisierungsformen des (Auto-) Biografischen. Konstanz: UVK, 2013, xiii + 356 pp., € 24.00.
  20. Ingo Berensmeyer and Christoph Ehland (eds.). Perspectives on Mobility. Spatial Practices 17. New York/Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2013, 233 pp., € 60.00.
  21. Christopher Schliephake. Urban Ecologies: City Space, Material Agency, and Environmental Politics in Contemporary Culture. Ecocritical Theory and Practice Series. Lanham: Lexington, 2015, xlviii + 217 pp., £ 60.00/$ 90.00.
  22. Books Received
https://doi.org/10.1515/ang-2015-0057

Artikel in diesem Heft

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Frontmatter
  3. Articles
  4. Entrenchment in Historical Corpora? Reconstructing Dead Authors’ Minds from their Usage Profiles
  5. St Gallen and the “Leiden Glossary”
  6. Translatio Imperii: The Old English Orosius and the Rise of Wessex
  7. Irish Influence upon the Old English Poem Menologium Reconsidered
  8. Reviews
  9. Irén Hegedűs and Alexandra Fodor (eds.). English Historical Linguistics 2010: Selected Papers from the Sixteenth International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL 16), Pécs, 23–27 August 2010. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 325. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins, 2012, viii + 386 pp., € 105.00/$ 158.00.
  10. Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts in Microfiche Facsimile. Ed. A. N. Doane, Matthew T. Hussey and †Phillip Pulsiano. Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies (MRTS). Tempe, AZ: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2012–2014, single volumes: $ 120.00/£ 76.00 (institution), $ 90.00/£ 58.00 (individual). Vol. 18: Manuscripts in France. Descriptions by Peter J. Lucas and Angela M. Lucas. MRTS 381, 2012, xi + 166 pp. and 89 microfiches in 13 sets. Vol. 20: Manuscripts in Switzerland. Descriptions by Joseph P. McGowan. MRTS 412, 2012, x + 153 pp. and 67 microfiches in 14 sets. Vol. 21: Saints’ Lives and Homilies. Descriptions by Rolf H. Bremmer, Jr. and Kees Dekker, MRTS 413, 2013, x + 141 pp. and 69 microfiches in 17 sets. Vol. 22: Exeter Manuscripts. Descriptions by Matthew T. Hussey. MRTS 441, 2014, xiv + 190 pp. and 72 microfiches in 14 sets. Vol. 23: Aldhelm and other Classroom Authors. Descriptions by David W. Porter and †Phillip Pulsiano (with a description of the “Yale Aldhelm Fragments” [Ker 12] by A. N. Doane). MRTS 440, 2014, xiv + 82 pp. and 45 microfiches in 22 sets.
  11. Janna Müller (ed.). Die altenglische Interlinearversion der Benediktinerregel: Edition und Kommentar. Münchener Universitätsschriften. Texte und Untersuchungen zur Englischen Philologie 40. Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 2013, 514 pp., 6 illustr., € 82.95/£ 62.00/$ 100.95.
  12. Antonina Harbus. Cognitive Approaches to Old English Poetry. Anglo-Saxon Studies 18. Woodbridge: Brewer, 2012, ix + 211 pp., £ 50.00.
  13. László Sándor Chardonnens and Bryan Carella (eds.). Secular Learning in Anglo-Saxon England: Exploring the Vernacular. Amsterdamer Beiträge zur Älteren Germanistik 69. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi, 2012, xxvi + 246 pp., 8 illustr., € 58.00/$ 78.00.
  14. Cathy Hume. Chaucer and the Cultures of Love and Marriage. Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures. Cambridge: Brewer, 2012, vii + 244 pp., £ 55.00.
  15. David R. Carlson. John Gower: Poetry and Propaganda in Fourteenth-Century England. Publications of the John Gower Society 7. Cambridge: Brewer, 2012, viii + 244 pp., £ 60.00.
  16. Mihaela Irimia and Andreea Paris (eds.). Literature and the Long Modernity. Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft 176. New York/Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2014, 399 pp., € 86.00.
  17. Ralf Hertel. Staging England in the Elizabethan History Play: Performing National Identity. Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama. Farnham: Ashgate, 2014, x + 271 pp., 14 figures, £ 65.00.
  18. Cristina Malcolmson. Studies of Skin Color in the Early Royal Society: Boyle, Cavendish, Swift. Literary and Scientific Cultures of Early Modernity. Farnham: Ashgate, 2013, xii + 233 pp., 3 illustr., £ 60.00.
  19. Carsten Heinze and Alfred Hornung (eds.). Medialisierungsformen des (Auto-) Biografischen. Konstanz: UVK, 2013, xiii + 356 pp., € 24.00.
  20. Ingo Berensmeyer and Christoph Ehland (eds.). Perspectives on Mobility. Spatial Practices 17. New York/Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2013, 233 pp., € 60.00.
  21. Christopher Schliephake. Urban Ecologies: City Space, Material Agency, and Environmental Politics in Contemporary Culture. Ecocritical Theory and Practice Series. Lanham: Lexington, 2015, xlviii + 217 pp., £ 60.00/$ 90.00.
  22. Books Received
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