Two Ælfric Texts: "The Twelve Abuses" and "The Vices and Virtues" (eBook, PDF)

An Edition and Translation of Ælfric's Old English Versions of De duodecim abusivis and De octo vitiis et de duodecim abusivis
Redaktion: Clayton, Mary / Übersetzer: Clayton, Mary

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Produktbeschreibung

Text with facing translation of two important Old English texts.

The texts edited in this volume are Ælfric's vernacular versions of two highly influential early medieval ethical treatises. The first, De duodecim abusiuis, is his Old English version of a seventh-century Hiberno-Latin tract dealing with the twelve abuses of the world. The second, De octo uitiis et de duodecim abusiuis, is a composite text; it combines a treatment of the eight vices and the complementary eight virtues, also found as the lastpart of Ælfric's Lives of Saints XVI, with the twelve abuses. The main source for the virtues and vices is Alcuin's ninth-century De uirtutibus et uitiis. Both texts were composed in Ælfric's hallmark rhythmical, alliterative prose.
This new edition provides, for the first time, critical editions of both texts, with a facing translation, presented with full apparatus; it also includes an extensive discussion of the sources and how theyare treated.

MARY CLAYTON is Professor of Old and Middle English, University College Dublin.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wits University Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782041917
• Artikelnr.: 56995989

Autorenporträt

Mary Clayton, Mary Clayton

Inhaltsangabe

Editorial Conventions The Old English Manuscripts and the Transmission of
the Texts The Two Versions of the Old English Text: Authorship and Dates
De duodecim abusiuis The Vices and Virtues Editorial Introduction to De
duodecim abusiuis De duodecim abusiuis Notes to De duodecim abusiuis
Editorial Introduction to De octo uitiis et de duodecim abusiuis gradus De
octo uitiis et de duodecim abusiuis gradus Notes to De octo uitiis et de
duodecim abusiuis Appendix: Latin De duodecim abusiuis [Oxford, Jesus
College, MS 3] Bibliography