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Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Palaeography

DINO Alphabet (Hardcover): Beck Feiner DINO Alphabet (Hardcover)
Beck Feiner; Illustrated by Beck Feiner; Created by Alphabet Legends
R443 Discovery Miles 4 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From Brontosaurus to Gallimimus, Oviraptor to Tyrannosaurus rex, Dino Alphabet takes us back to the Mesozoic era when these larger-than-life creatures ruled the earth. Majestically illustrated, this book unearths some fascinating facts about extinct species we are still getting to know. A must-have for the aspiring paleontologists in our midst!

Norwegian Runes and Runic Inscriptions (Paperback): Terje Spurkland Norwegian Runes and Runic Inscriptions (Paperback)
Terje Spurkland; Translated by Betsy van der Hoek
R586 Discovery Miles 5 860 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Readable, enjoyable and provides a clear overview of runes and their importance to reading the past. EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE Runes, a unique functional writing system, exclusive to northern and eastern Europe, were used for some 1300 years in Scandinavia, from about AD 200 till around the end of the fourteenth century, when the runic alphabet finally gave way to the modern writing system. They were not written, but carved - in stone, and on jewellery, weapons, utensils and wood. The content of the inscriptions is very varied, from owner and carpenter attributions on artefacts to memorials to the deceased on erected stones; contrary to popular belief, they are not necessarily magical or mystical, and the post-it notes of today have their forerunners in such runic reminders as: "Buy salt, and don't forgetgloves for Sigrid." The typical medieval runic inscription varies from the deeply religious to the highly trivial [or perhaps crucial], such as "I slept with Vigdis when I was in Stavanger." This book presents an accessibleaccount of the Norwegian examples throughout the period of their use. The runic inscriptions are discussed not only from a linguistic point of view but also as sources of information on Norwegian history and culture. TERJE SPURKLAND is Associate Professor of Nordic Medieval Studies at the University of Oslo.

Epitaphs to Remember - Remarkable Inscriptions from New England Gravestones (Paperback): Janet Greene Epitaphs to Remember - Remarkable Inscriptions from New England Gravestones (Paperback)
Janet Greene
R349 Discovery Miles 3 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In earlier times, people felt the need to leave a permanent record of who they were and what they stood for. Nowadays people tend to keep quiet about those things, at least in their final resting place. But many have found a new fascination in wandering about an old graveyard. They are often touched and moved by what they read there. Those people of former generations have much to say to us, although with great economy of words because each letter had to be chiseled in stone with hand tools.

Text Technologies - A History (Paperback): Elaine Treharne, Claude Willan Text Technologies - A History (Paperback)
Elaine Treharne, Claude Willan
R654 Discovery Miles 6 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The field of text technologies is a capacious analytical framework that focuses on all textual records throughout human history, from the earliest periods of traceable communication—perhaps as early as 60,000 BCE—to the present day. At its core, it examines the material history of communication: what constitutes a text, the purposes for which it is intended, how it functions, and the social ends that it serves. This coursebook can be used to support any pedagogical or research activities in text technologies, the history of the book, the history of information, and textually based work in the digital humanities. Through careful explanations of the field, examinations of terminology and themes, and illustrated case studies of diverse texts—from the Cyrus cylinder to the Eagles' "Hotel California"—Elaine Treharne and Claude Willan offer a clear yet nuanced overview of how humans convey meaning. Text Technologies will enable students and teachers to generate multiple lines of inquiry into how communication—its production, form and materiality, and reception—is crucial to any interpretation of culture, history, and society.

Writing through the Visual and Virtual - Inscribing Language, Literature, and Culture in Francophone Africa and the Caribbean... Writing through the Visual and Virtual - Inscribing Language, Literature, and Culture in Francophone Africa and the Caribbean (Paperback)
Renee Larrier, Ousseina Alidou; Contributions by Bertrade Ngo-Ngijol Banoum, Gabrielle Civil, Barbara Cooper, …
R1,389 Discovery Miles 13 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Sprachminderheiten: Gestern, Heute, Morgen- Minoranze Linguistiche: Ieri, Oggi, Domani (German, Italian, Hardcover): Elmar... Sprachminderheiten: Gestern, Heute, Morgen- Minoranze Linguistiche: Ieri, Oggi, Domani (German, Italian, Hardcover)
Elmar Schafroth, Ludwig Fesenmeier, Sabine Heinemann, Federico Vicario
R1,623 Discovery Miles 16 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Die Beitrage behandeln Aspekte sprachlicher Minderheiten im deutsch- und romanischsprachigen Raum, insbesondere in Italien. Im Mittelpunkt stehen sprachhistorische, sprachstrukturelle und sprachpolitische Fragen, auch im Hinblick auf die lebensweltliche Relevanz klein(er)er Sprachen. Nei saggi qui raccolti sono trattati temi relativi a minoranze linguistiche dell'area tedesca e romanza, soprattutto italiana. I lavori si occupano, in particolare, di aspetti concernenti la storia linguistica, le strutture linguistiche e la politica linguistica, dando voce, per altro, a rappresentanti delle stesse comunita di minoranza.

Contemporary Japanese Textbook Volume 2, Volume 2 - An Introductory Language Course (Includes Online Audio) (Paperback): Eriko... Contemporary Japanese Textbook Volume 2, Volume 2 - An Introductory Language Course (Includes Online Audio) (Paperback)
Eriko Sato
R449 Discovery Miles 4 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Contemporary Japanese is a textbook series for beginning students of Japanese at the college or high school level. It is intended for classroom use as well as self-study. Each lesson in the books is very short--meant to be covered in just an hour--and has a single, clearly-defined objective. All lessons make use of the "active discovery" approach which encourages rapid learning through "guess and try" problem-solving and participation as opposed to rote memorization. This highly effective method uses real-life conversations that make learning fun by involving you in a conversation with your peers. It also removes the fear of saying something wrong! This book, the second volume in the series, contains 45 short lessons grouped into 12 chapters--each of which presents a wide variety of activities and exercises and yet is designed to be covered in a single session. This "daily multivitamin" approach to language learning makes it easy to track your progress and to review later! Free online audio files can be downloaded, providing native speaker recordings and giving correct pronunciations for the dialogs and vocabulary in each lesson. In this book you'll learn more about: Kanji and their meanings Japanese verb forms Comparison and stating preferences Using common set phrases and making requests Evaluating facts and expressing opinions Sightseeing, food cravings and tastes Insights into Japanese culture Accompanying the textbook is Contemporary Japanese Workbook Volume 2--it serves as a supplementary material as well as a standalone comprehensive workbook for practicing and reviewing the language.

The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume III - The Irish Book in English, 1550-1800 (Hardcover, New): Raymond Gillespie,... The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume III - The Irish Book in English, 1550-1800 (Hardcover, New)
Raymond Gillespie, Andrew Hadfield
R7,677 Discovery Miles 76 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Oxford History of the Irish Book is a major new series that charts the development of the book in Ireland from its origins within an early medieval manuscript culture to its current incarnation alongside the rise of digital media in the twenty-first century.
Volume III: The Irish Book in English, 1550-1800 contains a series of groundbreaking essays that seek to explain the fortunes of printed word from the early Renaissance to the end of the eighteenth century. The essays in section one explain the development of print culture in the period, from its first incarnation in the small area of the English Pale around Dublin, dominated by the interests of the English authorities, to the more widespread dispersal of the printing press at the close of the eighteenth century, when provincial presses developed their own character and style either alongside or as a challenge to the dominant intellectual culture. Section two explains the crucial developments in the structure and technical innovation of the print trade; the role played by private and public collections of books; and the evidence of changing reading practices throughout the period. The third and longest section explores the impact of the rise of print. Essays examine the effect that the printed book had on religious and political life in Ireland, providing a case study of the impact of the French Revolution on pamphlets and propaganda in Ireland; the transformations illustrated in the history of historical writing, as well as in literature and the theatre, through the publication of play texts for a wide audience. Others explore the impact that print had on the history of science and the production of foreign language books.The volume concludes with an authoritative bibliographical essay outlining the sources that exist for the study of the book in early modern Ireland. This is an authoritative volume with essays by key scholars that will be the standard guide for many years to come.

Text Technologies - A History (Hardcover): Elaine Treharne, Claude Willan Text Technologies - A History (Hardcover)
Elaine Treharne, Claude Willan
R2,337 Discovery Miles 23 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The field of text technologies is a capacious analytical framework that focuses on all textual records throughout human history, from the earliest periods of traceable communication—perhaps as early as 60,000 BCE—to the present day. At its core, it examines the material history of communication: what constitutes a text, the purposes for which it is intended, how it functions, and the social ends that it serves. This coursebook can be used to support any pedagogical or research activities in text technologies, the history of the book, the history of information, and textually based work in the digital humanities. Through careful explanations of the field, examinations of terminology and themes, and illustrated case studies of diverse texts—from the Cyrus cylinder to the Eagles' "Hotel California"—Elaine Treharne and Claude Willan offer a clear yet nuanced overview of how humans convey meaning. Text Technologies will enable students and teachers to generate multiple lines of inquiry into how communication—its production, form and materiality, and reception—is crucial to any interpretation of culture, history, and society.

The Meroitic Language and Writing System (Hardcover, New): Claude Rilly, Alex de Voogt The Meroitic Language and Writing System (Hardcover, New)
Claude Rilly, Alex de Voogt
R3,279 Discovery Miles 32 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book provides an introduction to the Meroitic language and writing system, which was used between circa 300 BC and 400 AD in the kingdom of Meroe, located in what is now Sudan and Egyptian Nubia. This book details advances in the understanding of Meroitic, a language that until recently was considered untranslatable. In addition to providing a full history of the script and an analysis of the phonology, grammar, and linguistic affiliation of the language it features: linguistic analyses for those working on Nilo-Saharan comparative linguistics, paleographic tables useful to archeologists for dating purposes, and an overview of texts that can be translated or understood by way of analogy for those working on Nubian religion, history, and archaeology.

An Introduction to English Runes (Paperback, New Ed): R.I. Page An Introduction to English Runes (Paperback, New Ed)
R.I. Page
R752 R711 Discovery Miles 7 110 Save R41 (5%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Introduction to the use of runes as a practical script for a variety of purposes in Anglo-Saxon England. Runes are quite frequently mentioned in modern writings, usually imprecisely as a source of mystic knowledge, power or insight. This book sets the record straight. It shows runes working as a practical script for a variety of purposes in early English times, among both indigenous Anglo-Saxons and incoming Vikings. In a scholarly yet readable way it examines the introduction of the runic alphabet (the futhorc) to England in the fifth and sixth centuries, the forms and values of its letters, and the ways in which it developed, up until its decline at the end of the Anglo-Saxon period. It discusses how runes were used for informal and day-to-day purposes, on formal monuments, as decorative letters in prestigious manuscripts, for owners' or makers' names on everyday objects, perhaps even in private letters. For the first time, the book presents, together with earlier finds, the many runic objects discovered over the last twenty years, with a range of inscriptions on bone, metal and stone, even including tourists' scratched signatures found on the pilgrimage routes through Italy. It gives an idea of the immense range of informationon language and social history contained in these unique documents. The late R.I. PAGE was former Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge.

Kingdom of Characters - A Tale of Language, Obsession, and Genius in Modern China (Paperback): Jing Tsu Kingdom of Characters - A Tale of Language, Obsession, and Genius in Modern China (Paperback)
Jing Tsu
R295 R272 Discovery Miles 2 720 Save R23 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A riveting, masterfully researched account of the bold innovators who adapted the Chinese language to the modern world, transforming China into a superpower in the process What does it take to reinvent the world's oldest living language? China today is one of the world's most powerful nations, yet just a century ago it was a crumbling empire with literacy reserved for the elite few, left behind in the wake of Western technology. In Kingdom of Characters, Jing Tsu shows that China's most daunting challenge was a linguistic one: to make the formidable Chinese language - a 2,200-year-old writing system that was daunting to natives and foreigners alike - accessible to a globalized, digital world. Kingdom of Characters follows the bold innovators who adapted the Chinese script - and the value-system it represents - to the technological advances that would shape the twentieth century and beyond, from the telegram to the typewriter to the smartphone. From the exiled reformer who risked death to advocate for Mandarin as a national language to the imprisoned computer engineer who devised input codes for Chinese characters on the lid of a teacup, generations of scholars, missionaries, librarians, politicians, inventors, nationalists and revolutionaries alike understood the urgency of their task and its world-shaping consequences. With larger-than-life characters and a thrilling narrative, Kingdom of Characters offers an astonishingly original perspective on one of the twentieth century's most dramatic transformations.

Die Schnittstelle von Morphologie und geschriebener Sprache (German, Hardcover): Martin Neef, Carmen Scherer Die Schnittstelle von Morphologie und geschriebener Sprache (German, Hardcover)
Martin Neef, Carmen Scherer
R3,866 Discovery Miles 38 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An important aspect of the analysis of written language is to explain its relationship to spoken language. The volume focuses on how morphology influences forms of spelling. It brings together 8 papers, including a review of the historical development of German and Dutch orthography, a paper about the possibilities for marking morphological structure that exist in German spelling, and about the effects of such marking on the process of reading.

Reading and Writing Japanese Katakana - A Character Workbook for Beginners (Audio Download & Printable Flash Cards)... Reading and Writing Japanese Katakana - A Character Workbook for Beginners (Audio Download & Printable Flash Cards) (Paperback)
Konomi
R258 Discovery Miles 2 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book provides a complete course for beginning students who want to learn the Katakana alphabet! With plentiful writing and reading practice, this workbook starts with the basic letters and works up to writing words and complete sentences. Divided into two parts, the first part presents the 46 main Katakana letters in their full and contracted forms, with extensive writing spaces provided for writing practice. Recognition and pronunciation of the letters are reinforced through writing and listening exercises. In the second half of the book, students can apply their knowledge of Katakana in a Writing Practice section that contains sentences related to contexts in which Katakana words are often used, such as food and drinks, social media and tourism. Exercises are graded in difficulty from Writing Drills (from copying to writing from memory) to Dictation Practice (connecting the sounds with the letters) to Writing Exercises (writing answers that fit the situations given). Features of this language workbook include: A thorough overview of the Japanese writing system, explaining when and how Katakana is used Handwriting and stroke-order tips along with extensive writing practice sheets Online audio recordings speed up the process by reinforcing the pronunciation of the letters through a wide variety of listening and writing exercises Mnemonic illustrations for every character Printable flashcards available online for download The Japanese writing system combines three types of letters: hiragana, katakana, and kanji. Katakana is used for transcription of foreign language words into Japanese; in the writing of loan words; for emphasis; to represent onomatopoeia; for technical and scientific terms; for names of plants, animals, minerals and often Japanese companies.

A Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology - 1450 to 2000 (Paperback): Peter Beal A Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology - 1450 to 2000 (Paperback)
Peter Beal
R1,678 Discovery Miles 16 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is the first Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology ever to be published. Dealing with the subject of documentation - which affects everyone's lives (from every-day letters, notes, and shopping lists to far-reaching legal instruments, if not autograph literary masterpieces) - Peter Beal defines, in a lively and accessible style, some 1,500 terms relating to manuscripts and their production and use in Britain from 1450 to the present day. The entries, which range in length from one line to nearly a hundred lines each, cover terms defining types of manuscript, their physical features and materials, writing implements, writing surfaces, scribes and other writing agents, scripts, postal markings, and seals, as well as subjects relating to literature, bibliography, archives, palaeography, the editing and printing of manuscripts, dating, conservation, and such fields as cartography, commerce, heraldry, law, and military and naval matters. The book includes 96 illustrations showing many of the features described.

Writing Systems of the World (Paperback, Revised Ed): Akira Nakanishi Writing Systems of the World (Paperback, Revised Ed)
Akira Nakanishi
R435 R410 Discovery Miles 4 100 Save R25 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This unique, ambitious and entertaining book presents twenty-nine scripts in detail and offers examples of a hundred more. Written in nontechnical prose and organized into brief but comprehensive sections, it will serve as a handy reference for world travelers, stamp collectors, and calligraphers, along with providing hours of reading enjoyment to those who are fascinated by the written symbol itself. The scripts covered here are from all over the world. A few, like Greek or the Cyrillic script used for Russian, may be familiar to readers of Western languages. But others may seem strange, such as Pakistan's Urdu, which is written in a style so fine that newspapers are not typeset but reproduced from pages laboriously written out by hand. Each of the script sections includes charts of the symbols, reading tips, forms of numerals, and other features that help explain how the language is written. Further enhanced with maps, illustrations, a glossary, and useful appendixes, Writing Systems of the World is a remarkably concise and organized look at what is perhaps mankind's greatest achievement, the written language.

The English Writing System (Paperback, New): Vivian J. Cook The English Writing System (Paperback, New)
Vivian J. Cook
R1,316 Discovery Miles 13 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

English is increasingly becoming the world's lingua franca. If we are not native speakers of one of the many varieties of English, then we may be students of English, or use English regularly for academic or business purposes. The English Language series, which is international in focus, aims to synthesize the wealth of existing linguistic research both on and in English. Each volume in the series is designed to present these findings in an accessible, enlightening and entertaining way not only to students of English linguistics but to learners and users of English across the globe. The English Writing System describes how writing is not simply ancillary to other aspects of language but vitally important to almost everything we do, from signing our wills to sending a text message. This book discusses the mechanics of the writing systems of English; the different ways people process words on a page and the mistakes they can make; how children and second language learners acquire these systems; the historical development of the language and the progress of writing technology: in short, the effectiveness of the writing systems of English. Combining an academic perspective from linguistics and psychology with insights into everyday spelling mistakes, The English Writing System will interest students and teachers of linguistics, literature, the English language, psychology and education.

A Word a Day - A Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English (Hardcover): Anu Garg A Word a Day - A Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English (Hardcover)
Anu Garg; As told to Suti Garg
R718 R640 Discovery Miles 6 400 Save R78 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Anu Garg's many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily. Now at last here's a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up
-Barbara Wallraff
Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly and author of Word Court
Praise for A Word a Day
""AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg's refreshing approach to words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories. The people who use them have curious stories to tell too, and this collection incorporates some of the correspondence received by the editors at the AWAD site, from advice on how to outsmart your opponent in a duel (or even a truel) to a cluster of your favorite mondegreens.""
-John Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary
""A banquet of words Feast and be nourished ""
-Richard Lederer, author of The Miracle of Language
Written by the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site (www.wordsmith.org), this collection of unusual, obscure, and exotic English words will delight writers, scholars, crossword puzzlers, and word buffs of every ilk. The words are grouped in intriguing categories that range from ""Portmanteaux"" to ""Words That Make the Spell-Checker Ineffective."" each entry includes a concise definition, etymology, and usage example-and many feature fascinating and hilarious commentaries by A Word A Day subscribers and the authors.

Symmetrie bei Schriftsystemen (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2014 ed.): Alexandra Wiebelt Symmetrie bei Schriftsystemen (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2014 ed.)
Alexandra Wiebelt
R4,491 Discovery Miles 44 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Writing systems avoid characters that are mirror images of one another (like b and d). The reasons for this are bound up with the way our brains work. The present study examines 41 sets of characters and signs in diachronic and contrastive terms. The results of the examination indicate that long-established, functional writing systems are subject to tensions between aesthetically motivated symmetry and the reduction of such symmetry in the interests of improved readability. Invented writing systems where readability is not a criterion (e.g. secret codes) normally draw upon symmetrical characters to extend the number of signs at their disposal.

Manuel de la philologie de l'edition (French, Hardcover): David Trotter Manuel de la philologie de l'edition (French, Hardcover)
David Trotter
R6,401 Discovery Miles 64 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Textual editing, particularly thatof medieval texts, is the starting point for a good deal of the research carried out in historical linguistics. Editorial methods (and the precision which they claim to offer) have an importance going far beyond theoretical considerations, and are of interest to scholars over and above those who edit texts. The volume presents the range of methods used (while also taking into account the history of the discipline)as well asa number of case studies

A Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts in Worcester Cathedral Library (Hardcover, Revised 2000 and Thumb Indexed... A Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts in Worcester Cathedral Library (Hardcover, Revised 2000 and Thumb Indexed and Updated to Include New De)
Rodney M. Thomson, Michael Gullick
R2,995 Discovery Miles 29 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Collection of 277 litle-known medieval manuscripts, second only in number to Durham; special strengths are scholastic theology, biblical studies and sermons 13c-15c, and early music. Worcester Cathedral Library contains 277 medieval manuscripts, the largest number of any English cathedral except Durham. Most of them belonged to the pre-Reformation Cathedral Priory and date between the eleventh and late fifteenth centuries. The collection has never been adequately catalogued before, and is consequently little known; much of the contents of the books, their physical features and history, is here described for the first time. The libraryis rich in late medieval theology and sermon-literature. Many of the books are important because of their connections with Oxford University, and constitute a valuable source for the history of studies there after c.1300. The Worcester monks tended to annotate and write their names in their books, and some seventy of them are identified. Great treasures are the Worcester Antiphoner, and the fragments of early polyphonic music, some newly-discovered and described for the first time. About half the books are in their medieval bindings, including the second-oldest intact Anglo-Saxon binding. These are described individually, and the history of binding at the Cathedral Priory traced, by Michael Gullick. The rest of the Introduction is devoted to the history of the books and library to the early 1600s. There are indexes of incipits and of manuscripts other than those catalogued, as well as a general index.R.M. THOMSON is Emeritus Professor of History, University of Tasmania; MICHAEL GULLICK..Other Cathedral library catalogues; Catalogue of the Manuscripts of Hereford Cathedral Library and Catalogue of the Manuscripts of Lincoln Cathedral Chapter Library.

The Christian Epigraphy of Egypt and Nubia (Hardcover): Jacques Van Der Vliet The Christian Epigraphy of Egypt and Nubia (Hardcover)
Jacques Van Der Vliet
R4,197 Discovery Miles 41 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Collected Studies CS1070 The present book collects 31 articles that Jacques van der Vliet, a leading scholar in the field of Coptic Studies (Leiden University / Radboud University, Nijmegen), has published since 1999 on Christian inscriptions from Egypt and Nubia. These inscriptions are dated between the third/fourth and the fourteenth centuries, and are often written in Coptic and/or Greek, once in Latin, and sometimes (partly) in Arabic, Syriac or Old Nubian. They include inscriptions on tomb stones, walls of religious buildings, tools, vessels, furniture, amulets and even texts on luxury garments. Whereas earlier scholars in the field of Coptic Studies often focused on either Coptic or Greek, Van der Vliet argues that inscriptions in different languages that appear in the same space or on the same kind of objects should be examined together. In addition, he aims to combine the information from documentary texts, archaeological remains and inscriptions, in order to reconstruct the economic, social and religious life of monastic or civil communities. He practiced this methodology in his studies on the Fayum, Wadi al-Natrun, Sohag, Western Thebes and the region of Aswan and Northern Nubia, which are all included in this book.

Scribes and Scholars at Salisbury Cathedral c.1075-c.1125 (Hardcover, New): Teresa Webber Scribes and Scholars at Salisbury Cathedral c.1075-c.1125 (Hardcover, New)
Teresa Webber
R4,993 Discovery Miles 49 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a study of the books of Salisbury Cathedral, and their scribes, in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries. These manuscripts form the largest collection to have survived from any English centre in the period following the Norman Conquest, and they bear witness to the energetic scribal and scholarly activities of a community of intelligent and able men. Teresa Webber traces the interests and activities of the canons of Salisbury Cathedral from the evidence of their books. She reveals to us a lively Anglo-Norman centre of scholarship and religious devotion. This is a scholarly and original study, which combines detailed palaeographic research with an intelligent understanding of medieval cultural and intellectual life. It is a distinguished contribution to medieval studies.

The Tremulous Hand of Worcester - A Study of Old English in the Thirteenth Century (Hardcover, New): Christine Franzen The Tremulous Hand of Worcester - A Study of Old English in the Thirteenth Century (Hardcover, New)
Christine Franzen
R6,010 Discovery Miles 60 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The shaky handwriting of the thirteenth-century scribe known as `the tremulous hand of Worcester' appears in at least twenty manuscripts dating from the late ninth to the twelfth century, glossing perhaps 50,000 Old English words, sometimes into Middle English, but much more often into Latin. This book examines the full range of the scribe's work and addresses some important questions, such as which of the Worcester glosses may be attributed to him, why he glossed the words he did, what the purpose of the glossing may have been, and how well he knew or came to know Old English. Christine Franzen argues that the scribe went through a methodical learning process, one step of which was the preparation of a first-letter alphabetical English-Latin word list, the earliest known in the English language. This first full-scale study of the Worcester glosses is important for the wealth of information it provides about the work methods of the tremulous scribe, the English language at a transitional point in its history, and about the ability to read Old English in the thirteenth century.

Zu Einer Theorie Der Orthographie - Interdisziplinare Aspekte Gegenwartiger Schrift- Und Orthographieforschung (German,... Zu Einer Theorie Der Orthographie - Interdisziplinare Aspekte Gegenwartiger Schrift- Und Orthographieforschung (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2010 ed.)
Christian Stetter
R3,551 Discovery Miles 35 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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