• TEXTS AND COMMENTARIES.
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The Roman Martyrs contains translations of forty Latin passiones of saints who were martyred in Rome or its near environs, during the period before the 'peace of the Church' (c. 312). Some of the Roman martyrs are universally known-SS. Agnes, Sebastian or Laurence, for example-but others are scarcely recognized outside the ecclesiastical landscape of Rome itself. Each of the translated passiones is accompanied by an individual introduction and commentary; the translations are preceded by an Introduction which describes the principal features of this little-known genre of Christian literature, and are followed by five Appendices which present translated texts which are essential for understanding the cult of Roman martyrs. This volume offers the first collection of the Roman passiones martyrum translated into a modern language. They were mostly composed during the period 425-675, by anonymous authors who were presumably clerics of the Roman churches or cemeteries which housed the martyrs' remains. It is clear that they were composed in response to the explosion of pilgrim traffic to martyrial shrines from the late fourth century onwards, at a time when authentic records (protocols) of their trials and executions had long since vanished, and the authors of the passiones were obliged to imagine the circumstances in which martyrs were tried and executed. The passiones are works of fiction; and because they abound in ludicrous errors of chronology, they have been largely ignored by historians of the early Church. Although they cannot be used as evidence for the original martyrdoms, they nevertheless allow a fascinating glimpse of the concerns which animated Christians during the period in question: for example, the preservation of virginity, or the ever-present threat posed by pagan practices. As certain aspects of Roman life will have changed little between the second century and the fifth, the passiones shed valuable light on many aspects of Roman society, not least the nature of a trial before an urban prefect, and the horrendous tortures which were a central feature of such trials. The passiones are an indispensable resource for understanding the topography of late antique Rome and its environs, as they characteristically contain detailed reference to the places where the martyrs were tried, executed, and buried.
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• Introduction
• The career of Hilduin
• Hilduin's translation of the Corpus dionysiacum
• The early hagiography of St Dionysius
• Hilduin's correspondence with Louis the Pious concerning St Dionysius
• Hilduin's prose Passio S. Dionysii
• Hilduin's verse Passio S. Dionysii
• Editions
• The three epistolae of Louis the Pious and Hilduin concerning St Dionysius
• The prose Passio S. Dionysii
• The poetic Passio S. Dionysii
• Commentaries
• Commentary to the three epistolae
• Commentary to the prose Passio S. Dionysii
• Commentary to the verse Passio S. Dionysii
• Appendices
• Appendix I. the 'ancient Passio' of St Dionysius [BHL 2171]
• Appendix II. the 'anonymous Passio S. Dionysii' [BHL 2178]
• Appendix III. manuscripts of Hilduin's prose Passio S. Dionysii [BHL 2175]
• Appendix IV. the Epistola Aristarchi ad Onesiphorum
• Appendix V. the Epistola ad Apollophanium
• Appendix VI. the Conscriptio visbii
• Appendix VII. two Latin hymns for St Dionysius
• Appendix VIII. mass-sets for SS. Dionysius and companions
• Appendix IX. the night office for SS. Dionysius and companions
• Appendix X. St Dionysius in Byzantine hagiography
• Appendix XI. the Reuelatio ostensa Papae Stephano [BHL 2176]

Hilduin (c. 785-c. 860), abbot of Saint-Denis in Paris and archchaplain to Louis the Pious, was one of the leading scholars and administrators of the Carolingian empire. He was the first to translate the mystical Greek writings of the pseudo-Dionysius into Latin; he then identified this Dionysius with the first bishop of Paris of that name, and assigned his episcopacy and martyrdom to 96 A.D. Hilduin composed a life of St Dionysius in prose and verse: the prose work has not been edited since 1580, and the verse work - a major new Carolingian Latin poem - has never before been printed. Both texts are accompanied by facing-page English translation and detailed commentary; eleven appendices contain editions of the various texts on which Hilduin drew in compiling his fictitious account of St Dionysius.
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• 1. Introduction
• 2. Vanished Libraries of Classical Antiquity
• 3. Vanished Libraries of Anglo-Saxon England
• 4. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (I): The Evidence of Inventories
• 5. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (II): The Evidence of Manuscripts
• 6. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (III): The Evidence of Citations
• 7. Conclusions
• Appendix A: Six Inventories of Latin Books from Anglo-Saxon Libraries (Excluding Biblical and Liturgical Books)
• Appendix B: Eighth-Century Inventories of Books from the Areas of the Anglo-Saxon Mission in Germany
• Appendix C: Surviving Eighth-Century Manuscripts from the Area of the Anglo-Saxon Mission in Germany
• Appendix D: Ninth-Century Manuscripts of Continental Origin Having Pre-Conquest English Provenance
• Appendix E: Books Cited by the Principal Anglo-Saxon Authors
• Catalogue of Classical and Patristic Authors and Works Composed before AD 700 and Known in Anglo-Saxon England
• Index of Manuscripts
• General Index.
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The cardinal role of Anglo-Saxon libraries in the transmission of classical and patristic literature to the later middle ages has long been recognized, for these libraries sustained the researches of those English scholars whose writings determined the curriculum of medieval schools: Aldhelm, Bede, and Alcuin, to name only the best known. Yet this is the first full-length account of the nature and holdings of Anglo-Saxon libraries from the sixth century to the eleventh. The early chapters discuss libraries in antiquity, notably at Alexandria and republican and imperial Rome, and also the Christian libraries of late antiquity which supplied books to Anglo-Saxon England. Because Anglo-Saxon libraries themselves have almost completely vanished, three classes of evidence need to be combined in order to form a detailed impression of their holdings: surviving inventories, surviving manuscripts, and citations of classical and patristic works by Anglo-Saxon authors themselves. After setting out the problems entailed in using such evidence, the book is provided with appendices containing editions of all surviving Anglo-Saxon inventories, lists of all Anglo-Saxon manuscripts exported to continental libraries during the eighth century and then all manuscripts re-imported into England in the tenth, as well as a catalogue of all citations of classical and patristic literature by Anglo-Saxon authors. A comprehensive index, arranged alphabetically by author, combines these various classes of evidence so that the reader can see at a glance what books were known where and by whom in Anglo-Saxon England. The book thus provides, within a single volume, a vast amount of information on the books and learning of the schools which determined the course of medieval literary culture.
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• 1. Introduction
• 2. Vanished Libraries of Classical Antiquity
• 3. Vanished Libraries of Anglo-Saxon England
• 4. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (I): The Evidence of Inventories
• 5. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (II): The Evidence of Manuscripts
• 6. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (III): The Evidence of Citations
• 7. Conclusions
• Appendix A: Six Inventories of Latin Books from Anglo-Saxon Libraries (Excluding Biblical and Liturgical Books)
• Appendix B: Eighth-Century Inventories of Books from the Areas of the Anglo-Saxon Mission in Germany
• Appendix C: Surviving Eighth-Century Manuscripts from the Area of the Anglo-Saxon Mission in Germany
• Appendix D: Ninth-Century Manuscripts of Continental Origin Having Pre-Conquest English Provenance
• Appendix E: Books Cited by the Principal Anglo-Saxon Authors
• Catalogue of Classical and Patristic Authors and Works Composed before AD 700 and Known in Anglo-Saxon England
• Index of Manuscripts
• General Index.
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The cardinal role of Anglo-Saxon libraries in the transmission of classical and patristic literature to the later middle ages has long been recognized, for these libraries sustained the researches of those English scholars whose writings determined the curriculum of medieval schools: Aldhelm, Bede, and Alcuin, to name only the best known. Yet this is the first full-length account of the nature and holdings of Anglo-Saxon libraries from the sixth century to the eleventh. The early chapters discuss libraries in antiquity, notably at Alexandria and republican and imperial Rome, and also the Christian libraries of late antiquity which supplied books to Anglo-Saxon England. Because Anglo-Saxon libraries themselves have almost completely vanished, three classes of evidence need to be combined in order to form a detailed impression of their holdings: surviving inventories, surviving manuscripts, and citations of classical and patristic works by Anglo-Saxon authors themselves. After setting out the problems entailed in using such evidence, the book is provided with appendices containing editions of all surviving Anglo-Saxon inventories, lists of all Anglo-Saxon manuscripts exported to continental libraries during the eighth century and then all manuscripts re-imported into England in the tenth, as well as a catalogue of all citations of classical and patristic literature by Anglo-Saxon authors. A comprehensive index, arranged alphabetically by author, combines these various classes of evidence so that the reader can see at a glance what books were known where and by whom in Anglo-Saxon England. The book thus provides, within a single volume, a vast amount of information on the books and learning of the schools which determined the course of medieval literary culture.
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• 1. Introduction
• 2. Vanished Libraries of Classical Antiquity
• 3. Vanished Libraries of Anglo-Saxon England
• 4. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (I): The Evidence of Inventories
• 5. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (II): The Evidence of Manuscripts
• 6. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (III): The Evidence of Citations
• 7. Conclusions
• Appendix A: Six Inventories of Latin Books from Anglo-Saxon Libraries (Excluding Biblical and Liturgical Books)
• Appendix B: Eighth-Century Inventories of Books from the Areas of the Anglo-Saxon Mission in Germany
• Appendix C: Surviving Eighth-Century Manuscripts from the Area of the Anglo-Saxon Mission in Germany
• Appendix D: Ninth-Century Manuscripts of Continental Origin Having Pre-Conquest English Provenance
• Appendix E: Books Cited by the Principal Anglo-Saxon Authors
• Catalogue of Classical and Patristic Authors and Works Composed before AD 700 and Known in Anglo-Saxon England
• Index of Manuscripts
• General Index.
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The cardinal role of Anglo-Saxon libraries in the transmission of classical and patristic literature to the later middle ages has long been recognized, for these libraries sustained the researches of those English scholars whose writings determined the curriculum of medieval schools: Aldhelm, Bede, and Alcuin, to name only the best known. Yet this is the first full-length account of the nature and holdings of Anglo-Saxon libraries from the sixth century to the eleventh. The early chapters discuss libraries in antiquity, notably at Alexandria and republican and imperial Rome, and also the Christian libraries of late antiquity which supplied books to Anglo-Saxon England. Because Anglo-Saxon libraries themselves have almost completely vanished, three classes of evidence need to be combined in order to form a detailed impression of their holdings: surviving inventories, surviving manuscripts, and citations of classical and patristic works by Anglo-Saxon authors themselves. After setting out the problems entailed in using such evidence, the book is provided with appendices containing editions of all surviving Anglo-Saxon inventories, lists of all Anglo-Saxon manuscripts exported to continental libraries during the eighth century and then all manuscripts re-imported into England in the tenth, as well as a catalogue of all citations of classical and patristic literature by Anglo-Saxon authors. A comprehensive index, arranged alphabetically by author, combines these various classes of evidence so that the reader can see at a glance what books were known where and by whom in Anglo-Saxon England. The book thus provides, within a single volume, a vast amount of information on the books and learning of the schools which determined the course of medieval literary culture.
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The essays in the first volume are concerned with the earliest period of literary activity in England. Following a general essay which surveys the field as a whole, the essays begin with the arrival of Theodore and Hadrian in the late-7th century and with the establishment of their school at Canterbury, investigating the range of Greek and Latin learning which they brought to bear on the study of the Bible and other curriculum texts. The achievements of their student Aldhelm are also examined. Evidence is presented for the English origin of two other anonymous works from this period, the "Liber monstrorum" and an Isidorian florilegium called "De diversis rebus". The poetic achievement of Bede is seen in a new light, as is that of Aediluulf, an early ninth-century Northumbrian poet. Finally, two essays consider the evidence for books and learning in ninth-century England, a period which saw the interruption of scholarly activity in the face of Viking onslaughts, and the subsequent re-establishment of learning through the energies of King Alfred.
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• Preface Abbreviations Introduction I Libraries in the British Isles (nos. 1-774. 1) II Libraries outside the British Isles (nos.
• 774. 3-947) III Untraced Manuscripts Bibliography Index of Authors and Texts.
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Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts is the first publication to list every surviving manuscript or manuscript fragment written in Anglo-Saxon England between the seventh and the eleventh centuries or imported into the country during that time. Each of the 1,291 entries in Helmut Gneuss and Michael Lapidge's Bibliographical Handlist not only details the origins, contents, current location, script, and decoration of the manuscript, but also provides bibliographic entries that list facsimiles, editions, linguistic analyses, and general studies relevant to that manuscript. A general bibliography, designed to provide full details of author-date references cited in the individual entries, includes more than 4,000 items. Compiled by two of the field's greatest living scholars, the Gneuss-Lapidge Bibliographical Handlist stands to become the most important single-volume research tool to appear in the field since Greenfield and Robinson's Bibliography of Publications on Old English Literature. Their achievement in the present book will endure for many decades and serve as a catalyst for new research across several disciplines.
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• List of Illustrations vi List of Contributors viii Preface to the Second Edition xi Preface to the First Edition xiii List of Abbreviations xv THE ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES 1
• Appendix I: Rulers of the English, c.450 - 1066 521
• Appendix II: Archbishops and Bishops, 597 - 1066 539 Note on Maps 9 - 12 567 Index of Contributors 573 Classified Index of Head-words 579.
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Widely acknowledged as the essential reference work for this period, this volume brings together more than 700 articles written by 150 top scholars that cover the people, places, activities, and creations of the Anglo-Saxons. * The only reference work to cover the history, archaeology, arts, architecture, literatures, and languages of England from the Roman withdrawal to the Norman Conquest (c.450 1066 AD) * Includes over 700 alphabetical entries written by 150 top scholars covering the people, places, activities, and creations of the Anglo-Saxons * Updated and expanded with 40 brand-new entries and a new appendix detailing "English Archbishops and Bishops, c.450-1066" * Accompanied by maps, line drawings, photos, a table of "English Rulers, c.450-1066, " and a headword index to facilitate searching * An essential reference tool, both for specialists in the field, and for students looking for a thorough grounding in key topics of the period.
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• Introduction--
• 1. Ramsey in the time of Byrhtferth--
• 2. The Writings of Byrhtferth--
• 3. Byrhtferth's Latinity--
• 4. The Vita S. Oswaldi--
• 5. The Vita S. Ecgwini--
• 6. The Manuscript--
• 7. Previous Editions--
• 8. Editorial Procedures-- Vita S. Oswaldi-- Vita S. Ecgwini-- Appendix: Glosses to Byrhtferth's Vitae in London, British Library, Cotton Nero E. I-- Bibliography-- Index of Quotations and Illusions-- General Index.
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Byrhtferth of Ramsey was one of the most learned scholars of late Anglo-Saxon England, and his two saints' Lives-of Oswald, a powerful bishop of Worcester and York in the tenth century (d. 992), and Ecgwine, the seventh-century founder of Evesham-are among the most important historical sources for our understanding of late Anglo-Saxon England. The Life of St Oswald is the longest surviving work of Anglo-Saxon hagiography, and it is the principal source for much of our knowledge of tenth-century England, especially the monastic reform movement, the role of King Edgar, the murder of Edward king and Martyr, and the so-called 'anti-monastic reaction' (of which he is the unique witness). Much less is known about St Ecgwine, both by us and by Byrhtferth, but Byrhtferth's writing has exceptional value once again for the light it throws on tenth-century monasticism and the role of King Edgar in this process. Both Lives have been printed only once before, in the nineteenth century, in editions which are riddled with errors and which have misled scholarship for over a century. Neither work has ever been translated into English.The present edition includes facing-page translations, which will make these works accessible to a scholarly audience for the first time. Byrhtferth's Latin is unusually idiosyncratic and difficult, and was frequently misunderstood by the scribe who copied the unique manuscript in which the Lives are preserved. The texts are also accompanied by extensive notes, which explain the historical implications and the often impenetrable Latin. One of the principal features of the new edition is that corruption in the transmitted text has been emended where necessary, based on knowledge of Byrhtferth's Latin style (analysed, for example, in the EETS edition of Byrhtferth's Enchiridion, ed. Lapidge and Baker in 1994). A new edition of Byrhtferth's two saints' Lives has been long awaited, and will be indispensable to the study of Anglo-Saxon history and literature; the texts also throw considerable new light on the archaeology of Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastical sites such as York, Worcester, Ramsey and Evesham.
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• The career of Columbanus, Donald Bullough-- Columbanus's "Epistulae", Neil Wright-- the 13 sermons attributed to Columanus and the question of their authorship, Clare Stancliffe-- the monastic rules of Columbanus, Jane Barbara Stevenson-- the penitential of Columbanus, T.M. Charles-Edwards-- "De Mundi Transitu" - a rhythmical poem by Columbanus?, Dieter Schaller-- "Precamur Patrem" - an Easter hymn by Columbanus?, Michael Lapidge-- the computistical works of Columbanus, Daibhi O Croinin-- the "Oratio S. Columbani", Michael Lapidge-- epilogue - did Columbanus compose metrical verse?, Michael Lapidge.
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Columbanus (d.615), the Irish monk and founder of such important centres as Luxeuil and Bobbio, was one of the most influential figures in early medieval Europe. His fiery personality led him into conflict with Gallic bishops and Roman popes, and he defended his position on such matters as monastic discipline in a substantial corpus of Latin writings marked by burning conviction and rhetorical skill. However, the polish of his style has raised questions about the nature of his early training in Ireland and even about the authenticity of the writings which have come down to us under his name. The studies in this volume attempt to address these questions: by treating each of the individual writings comprehensively, and drawing on recently-developed techniques of stylistic analysis new light is shed on Columbanus and his early education in Ireland. More importantly, doubts over the authenticity of certain writings attributed to Columbanus are here authoritatively resolved, so putting the study of this cardinal figure on a sound basis. Professor MICHAEL LAPIDGE teaches in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge. Contributors: DONALD BULLOUGH, NEIL WRIGHT, CLARE STANCLIFFE, JANE STEVENSON, T.M. CHARLES-EDWARDS, DIETER SCHALLER, MICHAEL LAPIDGE, D IBHAi A" CRA" INAiN.
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• Preface-- List of abbreviations--
• 1. The career of Archbishop Theodore Michael Lapidge--
• 2. The Syriac background Sebastian P. Brock--
• 3. Theodore of Tarsus and the Greek culture of his time Guglielmo Cavallo--
• 4. Rome in the seventh century Thomas F. X. Noble--
• 5. Theodore, the English church and the monothelete controversy Henry Chadwick--
• 6. The importation of Mediterranean manuscripts into Theodore's England David N. Dumville--
• 7. Theodore and the Latin canon law Martin Brett--
• 8. The Penitential of Theodore and the Iudicia Theodori Thomas Charles-Edwards--
• 9. Theodore and the Passio S. Anastasii Carmela Vircillo Franklin--
• 10. Theodore and the Laterculus Malalianus Jane Barbara Stevenson--
• 11. Theodore and the liturgy Christopher Hohler--
• 12. Theodore's Bible: the Pentateuch Richard Marsden--
• 13. Theodore's Bible: the gospels Patrick McGurk--
• 14. Theodore and Anglo-Latin octosyllabic verse Michael Lapidge--
• 15. The Canterbury Bible glosses: facts and problems J. D. Pheifer-- Index.
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Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury (668-90), was a monk of Greek origin and extraordinary learning, who shaped the English Church into a structure it retained for a millennium. Yet until recently his early career has been unknown. This book builds on the publication of previously unprinted biblical commentaries from Theodore's Canterbury school, and establishes Theodore's cultural and spiritual background and the formation of his learning. Scholars provide a fresh account of Theodore's career and writings on diverse subjects, revealing a unique personality who brought to Anglo-Saxon England the cultural heritage of Syria, Byzantium and Rome.
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