IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1704: The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Tradition, III: Christian Texts
Thursday 9 July 2020, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry (CLASP) |
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Organiser: | Colleen Curran, Faculty of English Literature & Language, University of Oxford |
Moderator/Chair: | Colleen Curran, Faculty of English Literature & Language, University of Oxford |
Paper 1704-a | Lege feliciter in Rome, at Monkwearmouth-Jarrow, and on the Continent (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Monasticism |
Paper 1704-b | Mnemonic Computus Verses in Early Medieval England (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Monasticism |
Paper 1704-c | Exploring Blurred and Unseen Interlingual Borders in the Old English Verse Exodus (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Scandinavian |
Abstract | These three linked sessions examine different aspects of composition and circulation in the verse tradition of post-Roman, pre-Norman Britain, including the movement of tradition, lexis, form, and text across geographic, linguistic, and temporal borders. The variety of papers highlights the way in which the Consolidated Library of Anglo Saxon Poetry (CLASP) databases will enable researchers to cross traditional scholarly confines. This third panel centres on Christian verse texts. Fred Biggs will analyse the phrase 'lege feliciter' across a range of manuscripts, following its passage across genre boundaries and between British and continental readerships. Neville Mogford explores the circulation of Latin mnemonic computus verse in English manuscripts. Sharon Rhodes will examine the Scandinavian traces in the Old English verse Exodus to explore the diversity encoded in the lexicon of Anglo-Saxon poetic texts. |