The Old English Gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels: Language, Author and Context eds. by Julia Fernández Cuesta and Sara Pons-Sanz
Greg Waite
Reviewed by: The Old English Gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels: Language, Author and Context eds. by Julia Fernández Cuesta Sara Pons-Sanz Greg Waite Cuesta, Pons-Sanz, eds, ( Anglia Book Series, 51), Berlin, De Gruyter, 2016; cloth; pp. xii, 432, R.R.P. €99.95, US $140.00, £74.99; ISBN 9783110449105. This volume contains papers from a 2012 workshop on gloss held at University of Westminster, with addition others. aim is gather different perspectives (palaeography, glossography, history, linguistics, philology) understand better 'the socio-historical context cultural intellectual milieu in which [the gloss] was produced' (p. 1). (OE) continuous interlinear inserted into Gospels Aldred later tenth century, as an act reverence devotion, has long attracted attention historical linguists those studying book's history. It provides key evidence for Northumbrian dialect OE, era when literary production dominated West Saxon standardized written exemplified works Ælfric, Wulfstan, others trained monastic reform era. In Part I, 'The Context', five address wider issues. Michelle Brown further develops ideas advanced her earlier study Society, Spirituality Scribe (British Library, 2003), arguing that Aldred's must be understood against background Anglo-Scandinavian political relations, where it necessary assert 'Englishness' Christian character North. Jane Roberts investigates colophon, its Gospels' origin Lindisfarne, [End Page 196] revisiting hypothesis vernacular poem served source claims. She also considers points comparison contrast between glosses Gospels, Durham Collectar. Philip Rusche's examination glossing indicates he influenced mainly older traditions Psalter ninth rather than new developments period reform. Paul Cavill, other hand, finds marginalia appear embody reforming spirit desire his community embrace material poverty purity heart. Stuart Brookes presents survey varieties letter-form gloss. work betrays knowledge both Square minuscule Carolingian letter-forms, principal script, somewhat old-fashioned Insular minuscule, practice embodies creative response script variety encountered Latin text. II, Language Gloss', begins Robert McColl Millar's noun phrase morphology simplification. paper, along some others, shows how found early Middle are already occurring Northumbria, southern OE dialects. Marcelle Cole's paper present-tense verb contributes another important line enquiry. Building studies Brunner, Blakeley, she distribution variant forms does not reflect uniform idiolect throughout, have been based materials. Luisa García examines use morphological status causative (-jan) verbs, concluding pace change inflectional paralleled derivational morphology. María Nieves Rodríguez Ledesma word order genitive phrases, George Walkden null subjects syntactic variation. compares Skeat's edition MS Cotton Nero D.iv, highlighting problems using print version linguistic analysis. III, 'Glossing Practice', analysis multiple present tense beon Christine Bolze, principles ordering double or semantic glosses. Patrizia Lendinara words left unglossed Aldred, informed here, gaps knowledge. Karen Jolly brings expert Collectar bear upon work...
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