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IMC 2010: Sessions

Session 701: Codicological Approaches to Manuscripts of Late Anglo-Saxon England

Tuesday 13 July 2010, 14.15-15.45

Sponsor:Postgraduate Codicology Discussion Group, University of Leeds
Organiser:Thomas Gobbitt, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Moderator/Chair:Geoffrey Humble, School of Modern Languages, University of Leeds
Paper 701-aPoints of Convergence: The Cross in Anglo-Saxon Charms
(Language: English)
Rebecca Fisher, School of English Literature, Language & Linguistics, University of Sheffield
Index terms: Folk Studies, Language and Literature - Old English, Liturgy, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 701-bScribal Profiles in the Worcester Cartularies
(Language: English)
Kate Wiles, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Language and Literature - Old English, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Abstract

Texts are not abstract, independent entities but are embedded in contextual networks of production and use, and exist as parts of material artefacts, manuscripts, which are geographically and temporally located. Throughout this session we will explore the relationship between Anglo-Saxon texts, manuscripts and culture in the 11th and early 12th centuries. The emphasis of our discussion will be on the interplay between codicology and context, production and producers, users and use, manuscript, materiality and culture.