CONGRESS CANCELED CLASP I: A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry: Reading Practice in Old English Verse
Description
The papers of this panel address aspects of reading practice relating to Old English verse in situ on the manuscript page, focusing primarily on texts of the Exeter Book and the Vercelli Book. The session will consider the ‘architecture’ of the page, both in symbolic terms and at the level of lexical, formulaic and metrical construction. The shaping of architectural spaces within poetic texts, and the shaping of poetic texts within the space of the page, will be explored through analyses of scribal composition and readerly engagement. Examination of the cognitive and physiological processes of reading and writing will inform new ways of interpreting the written page.
CLASP is an ERC-funded project producing a comprehensive digital library of all surviving verse from Anglo-Saxon England in Latin and Old English. Rachel Burns
CONGRESS CANCELED CLASP I: A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry: Reading Practice in Old English Verse
The papers of this panel address aspects of reading practice relating to Old English verse in situ on the manuscript page, focusing primarily on texts of the Exeter Book and the Vercelli Book. The session will consider the ‘architecture’ of the page, both in symbolic terms and at the level of lexical, formulaic and metrical construction. The shaping of architectural spaces within poetic texts, and the shaping of poetic texts within the space of the page, will be explored through analyses of scribal composition and readerly engagement. Examination of the cognitive and physiological processes of reading and writing will inform new ways of interpreting the written page.
CLASP is an ERC-funded project producing a comprehensive digital library of all surviving verse from Anglo-Saxon England in Latin and Old English. Rachel Burns