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ENGLISH CAROLINE SCRIPT AND MONASTIC HISTORY
STUDIES IN BENEDICTINISM, AD 950-1030 |
| By: |
Professor David N. Dumville |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£80.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0851153232 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780851153230 |
| Publisher: |
BOYDELL & BREWER LTD |
| Pub. date: |
6 May, 1993 |
| Series: |
Studies in Anglo-Saxon History v. 6 |
| Pages: |
222 |
| Description: |
An analysis and study of Caroline script from 200 years of ecclesiastical and secular records reveals important historical detail relating to late Anglo-Saxon England. |
| Synopsis: |
Caroline minuscule script was adopted in England in the mid-tenth century in imitation of Continental usage. A badge of ecclesiastical reform, it was practised in Benedictine scriptoria but was also taken up by members of the royal writing office; the chancery occupied an important place in the pioneering of calligraphic fashions. During its approximately two-century history in England, Caroline script developed a number of forms, in part reflecting different tendencies within the Reform-cause. The Rule of St Benedict was focal for this movement. In the aftermath of the final Scandinavian conquest of England (AD1016) a Canterbury master-scribe created the form of Caroline writing which was to become a mark of Englishness and outlive the Norman Conquest. In the closing chapter its inventor's career is discussed and his achievement assessed. This volume offers analysis of manuscript evidence as a basis for the cultural and ecclesiastical history of late Anglo-Saxon England. David N. Dumville is professor of History and Palaeography at the University of Aberdeen |
| Illustrations: |
16 Illustrations, black and white |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
The Boydell Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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