Material evidence brought to light in this book includes a niello
disc from Limpsfield Grange (Surrey) and two fragments of a
composite Old English homily discovered in Westminster Abbey. Many
previously accepted scholarly positions are reassessed and
challenged. A comprehensive assessment of the palaeography of the
Exeter Book situates it in the context of late tenth-century book
production, and shows that there are no grounds for thinking that
the manuscript originated in Exeter itself and that its origin must
as yet remain unknown. As always, the interpretation of Old English
poetry figures largely in this book. One of the most intriguing of
the Old English riddles is explained convincingly. The influence of
Aldhelm's Latin poetry on Old English verse is also convincingly
demonstrated. The usual comprehensive bibliography of the previous
year's publications rounds off the book; and a full index of the
contents of volumes 1 25 is provided, with a separate index to
volumes 21 25. (Previous indexes have appeared in volumes 5, 10, 15
and 20.)
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