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03664aam a2200505 i 4500 001 F41CE13AE96D11E8978F920F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20181116010210 008 180511s2018 ne af b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018007047 020 $a 9004360859 020 $a 9789004360853 035 $a (OCoLC)1019737545 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OHX $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en 050 00 $a PR1586 $b .T47 2018 100 1 $a Thomson, Simon C., $e author. 245 10 $a Communal creativity in the making of the 'Beowulf' Manuscript : $b towards a history of reception for the Nowell Codex / $c by Simon C. Thomson. 264 1 $a Leiden ; $b Brill, $c [2018] 300 $a xxiii, 392 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Library of the written word, $x 1874-4834 ; $v volume 67 490 1 $a The manuscript world ; $v volume 10 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-374) and indexes. 505 0 $a (Re)introducing the texts of the Nowell Codex -- The passion of Saint Christopher -- The wonders of the East -- The letter of Alexander to Aristotle -- Beowulf -- Judith -- Reading the Nowell Codex in the Eleventh Century -- Reconstructing the Nowell Codex -- Dating and placing the scribes of the Nowell Codex -- Extant gatherings -- Judith, St Christopher and the missing gatherings -- Sequence of production -- The images in the wonders of the East -- A's collection of absurdities? -- The two artists of the Nowell Wonders -- Frames -- Colours -- The planning and control of the images -- Variant styles; multiple exemplars -- Scribe A's performance -- The value of the Nowell Codex's prose texts -- Corrections -- Scribe A's density of copying in Beowulf. 520 8 $a Simon Thomson analyses details of scribal activity to tell a story about the project that preserved 'Beowulf' as one of a collective, if error-strewn, endeavour and arguing for a date in Cnut?s reign. He presents evidence for the use of more than three exemplars and at least two artists as well as two scribes, making this an intentional and creative re-presentation uniting literature religious and heroic, in poetry and in prose. He goes on to set it in the broader context of manuscript production in late Anglo-Saxon England as one example among many of communities using old literature in new ways, and of scribes working together, making mistakes, and learning. 630 00 $a Beowulf $x Criticism, Textual. 630 00 $a Nowell codex. 610 20 $a British Library. $k Manuscript. $n Cotton Vitellius A XV. 630 00 $a Beowulf. $l English (Old English) $s (Nowell codex) 630 07 $a Beowulf. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01356023 630 07 $a Nowell codex. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01788592 650 0 $a Epic poetry, English (Old) $x Criticism, Textual. 650 0 $a Manuscripts, Medieval $z England $x Editing. 650 0 $a Manuscripts, English (Old) $x Editing. 650 7 $a Epic poetry, English (Old) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00913869 650 7 $a Manuscripts, Medieval $x Editing. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01905918 651 7 $a England. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01219920 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i Online version: $a Thomson, Simon C., author. $t Communal creativity in the making of the 'Beowulf' Manuscript $d Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018] $z 9789004360860 $w (DLC) 2018028433 830 0 $a Library of the written word ; $v 67. 830 0 $a Library of the written word. $p Manuscript world ; $v v. 10. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021013606.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F41CE13AE96D11E8978F920F97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search