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OverviewIn Communal Creativity in the Making of the 'Beowulf' Manuscript, Simon Thomson analyses details of scribal activity to tell a story about the project that preserved Beowulf as one of a collective, if error-strewn, endeavour and arguing for a date in Cnut's reign. He presents evidence for the use of more than three exemplars and at least two artists as well as two scribes, making this an intentional and creative re-presentation uniting literature religious and heroic, in poetry and in prose. He goes on to set it in the broader context of manuscript production in late Anglo-Saxon England as one example among many of communities using old literature in new ways, and of scribes working together, making mistakes, and learning. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Simon C. ThomsonPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 67 Weight: 0.814kg ISBN: 9789004360853ISBN 10: 9004360859 Pages: 404 Publication Date: 15 May 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of illustrations List of tables Terms used List of abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1 - (Re)Introducing the texts of the Nowell Codex The Passion of Saint Christopher The Wonders of the East The Letter of Alexander to Aristotle Beowulf Judith Reading the Nowell Codex in the eleventh century Suggestions Chapter 2 - Reconstructing the Nowell Codex Dating and placing the scribes of the Nowell Codex Extant gatherings Judith, St Christopher and the missing gatherings Sequence of production Suggestions Chapter 3 - The Images in The Wonders of the East A 'collection of absurdities'? The two artists of the Nowell Wonders Frames Colours The planning and control of the images Variant styles; multiple exemplars Suggestions Chapter 4 - Scribe A's performance The value of the Nowell Codex's prose texts Corrections Scribe A's density of copying in Beowulf Usage of capitals Minor capitals Form of capitals Explicits and incipits Scribe A and the metre of Beowulf Suggestions Chapter 5 - Scribe B's performance Corrections Scribe B's density of copying 179 (BL182): The palimpsest Usage and form of major capitals Minor capitals Scribal decoration Suggestions Chapter 6 - Communal manuscript production in late Anglo-Saxon England Communal use of manuscripts Communal production of manuscripts 'Supervisors', 'directors', and 'compilers' Final suggestions Appendix 1 - Sections and structural ideas in The Wonders of the East Appendix 2 - Images and colours used in The Wonders of the East Appendix 3 - Scribal corrections in the Nowell Codex Scribe A's corrections Scribe B's corrections Appendix 4 - Readers' annotations 103 (BL106)v.19: the explicit to Wonders 111(119) (BL122)v.20, 112 (120) (BL123)v.12, and 117(109) (BL112)r.17: f-shaped marks 164 (BL167)v.18: marginal cross 128 (BL131)r: drypoint sketches 202 (BL205): marginal designs Works cited Manuscripts Editions and facsimiles Critical textsReviewsCommunal Creativity is a very well-written and highly readable book ... The material is meticulously presented and lavishly illustrated with tables, charts and images in both black and white and colour. Francis Leneghan, St Cross College, Oxford. In: The Review of English Studies, New Series 1-3 (2019). Author InformationSimon Thomson, Ph.D. (2017), UCL, is a researcher at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum and edits a Brepols series, 'Medieval Narratives in Transmission'. He has published on the scribes and artists of the Beowulf manuscript, and on Cnut the Great's rule of England. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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