Title The tremulous hand of Worcester : a study of Old English in the thirteenth century / Christine Franzen

Published Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 229 pages) : illustrations Summary This title examines the work of a 13th-century scribe, known as the 'tremulous hand of Worcester', who glossed some 50,000 Old English words into Latin and Middle English. The book answers questions regarding his methods, use of sources, knowledge of Old English, and the purpose of his glossing Analysis English language History Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-209) and indexes Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL pda Print version record Subject English philology -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Study and teaching -- England -- Worcester -- History English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Lexicography Manuscripts, English (Old) -- England -- Worcester -- History Manuscripts, Medieval -- England -- Worcester -- History Transmission of texts -- England -- Worcester Paleography, English -- England -- Worcester Scriptoria -- England -- Worcester Scribes -- England -- Worcester English language -- Old English -- Lexicography. Manuscripts, English (Old) Manuscripts, Medieval. Paleography, English. Scribes. Scriptoria. Transmission of texts. Oudengels. Paleografie. Lexicografie. Tekstoverlevering. England -- Worcester. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191670954 0191670952

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