IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 501: Homilies in Anglo-Saxon England, II: Sources and Narration in Anglo-Saxon Homilies
Tuesday 5 July 2016, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Seminar für Englische Philologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
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| Organisers: | Esther Lemmerz, Seminar für Englische Philologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Christine Voth, Seminar für Englische Philologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
| Moderator/Chair: | Christine Voth, Seminar für Englische Philologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
| Paper 501-a | Patristic Number Symbolism in Anglo-Saxon Homilies (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Latin, Sermons and Preaching |
| Paper 501-b | Latin Quotations in Old English Homilies: A Palaeographical Approach (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Latin, Sermons and Preaching |
| Paper 501-c | The Narration of Christ's Nativity in Vercelli VI (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Sermons and Preaching |
| Abstract | This session brings together papers on various means of assessing Anglo-Saxon homilies: Paper-a discusses the presence of patristic thoughts on and concepts of number symbolism in Anglo-Saxon homilies. Paper-b paper takes a palaeographical approach in studying how Latin quotations in Old English anonymous homilies were integrated into or marked off from the Old English text around them. Paper-c looks at Christ's nativity in Vercelli VI, analysing the homily's narrative structure and the use of its source material to shed light on the text's readership. |