Old English Version of the Gospels: Text and Introduction

Summary: Based on a new examination of the manuscript evidence, this edition is thefirst modern critical edition of the Old English translation of the Latingospels.The text has been designed to offer readers and scholars a better understandingof the nature of the translation, a clearer view of the relations between thetextual traditions, and a more faithful representation of the style and formatof the manuscripts. The introdu...ction contains a thorough description of allsurviving manuscripts and fragments of the text, a discussion of the origins andrelationships of the manuscripts, and a statement of editorial policy.The second volume, containing notes, glossaries, and studies of language andstyle, is in preparation. [read more]