Format:
xi, 293 Seiten
,
25 cm
ISBN:
1843842556
,
9781843842552
Series Statement:
Anglo-Saxon texts 9
Content:
"Medieval prognostic texts - a survival from the classical world - are the ancestors of modern almanacs; a means of predicting future events, they offer guidance on matters of everyday life, such as illness, childbirth, weather, agriculture, and the interpretation of dreams. [...] This volume provides the first full critical edition, with a facing-page translation, of a diverse and peculiar group of prognostic guides and calendars, in Latin and Old English, found in an eleventh-century manuscript from Christ Church, Canterbury; they are collated with related versions in both Anglo-Saxon and continental manuscripts. A lengthy introduction and commentary examine the transmission and translation of these texts, and shed light on their origins and uses in late Anglo-Saxon monastic culture."--Back cover
Content:
"Medieval prognostic texts - a survival from the classical world - are the ancestors of modern almanacs; a means of predicting future events, they offer guidance on matters of everyday life, such as illness, childbirth, weather, agriculture, and the interpretation of dreams. [...] This volume provides the first full critical edition, with a facing-page translation, of a diverse and peculiar group of prognostic guides and calendars, in Latin and Old English, found in an eleventh-century manuscript from Christ Church, Canterbury; they are collated with related versions in both Anglo-Saxon and continental manuscripts. A lengthy introduction and commentary examine the transmission and translation of these texts, and shed light on their origins and uses in late Anglo-Saxon monastic culture."--Back cover
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 279-290. - Mit Register
,
texts and translation
,
Text parallel in lateinisch, altenglisch und englisch. - Einführung und Kommentar in englisch
Language:
Latin
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Altenglisch
;
Prognostik
;
Quelle
