Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Anglo-Saxon Prognostics by R.M. Liuzza Edition and translation of prognostic guides and calendars, intended as an effort to foretell the future. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Edition and translation of prognostic guides and calendars, intended as an effort to foretell the future.Winner of the Beatrice White Prize, 2013.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. They give fascinating insights into monastic life, medicine, pastoral care, the transformations of classical learning in the middleages, and the complex interconnections between orthodox religion, popular belief, science and magic.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.ROY LIUZZA is Professor of English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Table of Contents PrefaceList of Manuscripts Referred to by SiglaIntroductionNote on Editorial PrinciplesTextsCommentaryGlossaryBibliography Review A handsome and scholarly [volume] that will facilitate research into this fascinating corner of Anglo-Saxon learning. * SPECULUM *Liuzzas edition is a major contribution, not only to the study of Anglo-Saxon prognostics themselves, but to our understanding of pre-Conquest intellectual culture more generally. [...] a significant scholarly achievement, one which will help open up for Anglo-Saxonists a new area of study. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW * Review Text A handsome and scholarly [volume] that will facilitate research into this fascinating corner of Anglo-Saxon learning. SPECULUM Liuzzas edition is a major contribution, not only to the study of Anglo-Saxon prognostics themselves, but to our understanding of pre-Conquest intellectual culture more generally. [...] a significant scholarly achievement, one which will help open up for Anglo-Saxonists a new area of study. THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW Review Quote Liuzzas edition is a major contribution, not only to the study of Anglo-Saxon prognostics themselves, but to our understanding of pre-Conquest intellectual culture more generally. [...] a significant scholarly achievement, one which will help open up for Anglo-Saxonists a new area of study. Details ISBN1843842556 Short Title ANGLO-SAXON PROGNOSTICS Series Anglo-Saxon Texts Language English ISBN-10 1843842556 ISBN-13 9781843842552 Media Book Format Hardcover Series Number VOLU Translator R.M. Liuzza Imprint D.S. Brewer Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 829.080382 Year 2011 Pages 305 Edited by R. M. Liuzza Subtitle An Edition and Translation of Texts from London, British Library, MS Cotton Tiberius A.iii. Publication Date 2011-01-20 AU Release Date 2011-01-20 NZ Release Date 2011-01-20 UK Release Date 2011-01-20 Illustrations No Author R.M. Liuzza Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd Alternative 9781846159282 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:161841971;
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