Anglo-Saxon prognostics : an edition and translation of texts from London, British Library, MS Cotton Tiberius A.iii / edited and translated by R.M. Liuzza

Published:: Cambridge : D.S. Brewer, 2011.
Physical Description:: xi, 293 pages ; 25 cm.
Additional Creators:: Liuzza, R. M.

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Anglo-Saxon texts, 8

Language Note:

Translated from the Old English and Latin.

Contents:

Introduction. Prognostics in Anglo-Saxon and related manuscripts ; Types of prognostics in T ; Prognostics as a genre ; Conclusion ; Note on editorial principles -- Anglo-Saxon prognostics : texts and translation.

Summary:

"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.

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ISBN:

9781843842552 (hbk.)
1843842556 (hbk.)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-290) and index.

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