Seminar für Englische Philologie
Universität Göttingen
Here is a selective bibliography containing several publications important for
the study of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. The list is divided into three parts.
Contents:
1. GENERAL PUBLICATIONS
Bischoff, B.,
Paläographie des römischen Altertums und des abendländischen Mittelalters, 3nd ed., Grundlagen der Germanistik 24 (Berlin, 2004), transl. as Latin Palaeography: Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Cambridge 1990)
Brown, M. P.,
Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts (London, 1991)
Brown, M. P.,
A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600 (Toronto, 1999)
Richards, M. P., ed.,
Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: Basic Readings (New York and London, 1994; repr. as pb. 2001)
Roberts, J.,
Guide to Scripts Used in English Writings Up To 1500 (London, 2005)
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2. MANUSCRIPT LISTS
Gneuss, H.,
Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: a List of Manuscripts and Manuscript Fragments Written or Owned in England up to 1100, Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies 241 (Tempe, AZ, 2001)
Ker, N.,
Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Anglo-Saxon (Oxford, 1957; repr. with suppl. 1990)
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3. SPECIFIC MANUSCRIPTS
Chambers, R. W., Max Förster and Robin Flower, ed.,
The Exeter Book of Old English Poetry (London, 1933)
Eliason, N., ed.,
Ælfric’s First Series of Catholic Homilies: British Library, Royal 7 C. XII, Early English Manuscripts in Facsimile 13 (Copenhagen, 1965)
Ker, N., ed.,
The Pastoral Care: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 20, Early English Manuscripts in Facsimile 6 (Copenhagen, 1956)
Malone, K., and J. Hopkins, ed.,
The Nowell Codex: British Library, Cotton Vitellius A. XV, Early English Manuscripts in Facsimile 12 (Copenhagen, 1963)
Whitelock, D., ed.,
The Peterborough Chronicle: Bodleian Library, Laud Misc. 636, Early English Manuscripts in Facsimile 4 (Copenhagen, 1954)
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