Manuscript Context for Early Anglo-Saxon, Caroline, and Germanic Verse

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Bruce Gilchrist

Organizer Affiliation

Concordia Univ. Montréal

Presider Name

Bruce Gilchrist

Paper Title 1

The Wisdom Tradition

Presenter 1 Name

Tiffany Beechy

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Colorado-Boulder

Paper Title 2

Healing Verse: Anglo-Saxon Metrical Remedies and Manuscript Evidence of Use

Presenter 2 Name

Richard Scott Nokes

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Troy Univ.

Start Date

14-5-2017 8:30 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1265

Description

Manuscript context for early Anglo-Saxon, Caroline, and Germanic Verse.

All poems < 950, in their manuscript layout. How poetry got written down and how the vernacular and latinate traditions interacted.

Bruce Gilchrist