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ZEEB ROAD, ANN ARBOR, Ml 48106 18 BEDFORD ROW, LONDON WC1 R 4EJ, ENGLAND / Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. 8120054 Quinn, Karen Jane A MANUAL OF OLD ENGLISH PROSE State University of New York at Stony Brook Ph.D. 1981 University Microfilms International 300 N. Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 Copyright 1981 by Quinn, Karen Jane All Rights Reserved Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. A MANUAL OF OLD ENGLISH PROSE A Dissertation presented by Karen Jane Quinn to The Graduate School in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in English State University of New York at Stony Brook May 1981 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK THE GRADUATE SCHOOL Karen Jane Quinn We, the dissertation committee for the above candidate for the Doctor of Philosophy degree, hereby recommend acceptance of the dissertation. Donald K. Fry, Professor, Department of English Stephen Spector, Assistant Professor, Department of English '1 Alice S. Wilson, Associate Professor, Department of English QbefST. RosetHhalProfessor, Department of Hi storys SUNY at Stony Brook This dissertation is accepted by the Graduate School. Dean of The Graduate School May, 1981 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Abstract of the Dissertation A Manual of Old English Prose by Karen Jane Quinn Doctor of Philosophy in English State University of New York at Stony Brook 1981 This dissertation is a reference work for research in the Old English literary prose, exclusive of /Elfric and Wulfstan. Legal documents, such as charters and boundaries have been omitted, as have Anglo-Latin texts. Each text is described, and its first line given, wherever possible. Each text description includes cross-references to the manuscripts in which the text appears, editions which include it (exclusive of student readers) and criticism which discusses it. A list of the manuscripts which contain Old English prose, in the order established by Ker’s Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Anglo-Saxon is included, and cross-referenced to the texts. Annotated bibliographies of editions iii Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. and criticism of the prose, complete through 1978, are included and cross-referenced to the texts. Four indices: to first line, modern title, manuscript title and subject of homilies, are provided to assist the scholar in locating specific texts. iv Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Table of Contents Preface............................................. vi Introduction....................................... 1 Section I - Manuscripts.................. 15 Section II - Texts.................................. 58 Section III - Editions............................27 2 Section IV - Criticism....................... 369 Section V - Indices................................518 V Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. PREFACE This manual is a research tool to help scholars working with the still largely unexplored corpus of Old English prose. As such, I hope that it will be useful. At the very least, it should draw attention to the vast amount which remains to be done in this area. Until quite recently, virtually the only scholars who worked with Old English prose were philologists, historians, and historical geographers. None of these groups were particularly interested in the prose’s literary qualities; indeed, few believed that the prose was literature at all. Henry Sweet, in the Introduction to his edition of the Alfredian Pastoral Care, spoke of the text as being of "purely philological interest." Such judments were common. But it is not very long since Q. D. Leavis, in an article in Scrutiny, refered to the "absurd pretence" that Beowulf was liter­ ature. When the prose has received the literary attention which it deserves, Sweet’s statement will be set in its proper perspective. I hope that this Manual will make it easier for scholars to give it that attention. vi Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. I must acknowledge the published work from which this manual grew, and without which it could not have been done: Neil Ker's Catalogue of Manuscripts Contain­ ing Anglo-Saxon, the Plan for the Dictionary of Old English, by Angus Cameron and Roberta Frank. I wish to thank my committee, Stephen Spector, Alice Wilson, and Joel Rosenthal, whose support and comments have been a great help, and most especially my advisor, Donald K. Fry, who suggested the project and supported me every step of the way. I must also thank my grandmother, Leona Swallo, who provided the financial support for ten months which allowed me the time to complete this work; and also my mother-in-law, Dorothy M. Quinn, who did most of the typing. And finally I wish to thank my husband for supporting me emotionally through the whole long process. vii Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. INTRODUCTION A. Scope: This manual provides scholars keys to infor­ mation on Old English literary prose texts. The manual includes brief descriptions of prose texts, lists of manuscripts in which these texts appear and annotated bibliographies of editions and criticism of the texts. I have included all vernacular literary prose within the period covered by the Plan for the Dictionary of Old English. I have omitted poetic texts, non-literary materials (legal documents, inscriptions, and the like) and Anglo-Latin texts. I also do not include the works of lfric and Wulfstan, because their large copora would 2 require separate treatment. I have tried to make the bibliographies as complete as possible through 1978. B. Description of Contents: This manual consists of five sections: I. Manuscripts. A list gives all manuscripts which contain Old English prose texts that fall within the scop of this manual. These manuscripts appear in the order 3 established by N. R. Ker, with the numbers he assigned them. The manuscript listing includes the following in­ formation: Ker number, title, present location, date of manuscript (if known), and a list of reference numbers for all the relevant texts which appear in the manuscript Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.

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