The circulation of books between England and the Continent,c. 871 –c. 1100
Richard Gameson
A compilation of Old Testament, liturgical and computistical texts that was written in northern France the third quarter ninth century had apparently crossed English Channel by early tenth when certain letters were retraced an Anglo-Saxon hand. However, volume ended up Normandy, subsequent additions suggest it there first half twelfth probably 1100. This chapter deals with books passed between England European Continent during period c. 871 - c.1100. These include a copy Boethius' De consolatione philosophiae, stratum Leofric Missal. use imported is variously attested occasional glosses such as Continental Prosper supplied nearly continuous gloss English. By second century, traffic become two-way street.
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