Ormulum
"The great value of this collection of metrical sermons, composed in the late twelfth century by the Augustinian cannon, Orm, has long been recognised by historians of the English language. The author took great care in devising an idiosyncratic system of spelling that would represent as accura...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | Middle English Latin English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom
published for the Early English Text Society by the Oxford University Press
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Early English Text Society. O.S
360-361 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
1100-1500
B Paraphrases B Texts B English language ; Middle English B Bible ; New Testament B Sermons |
| Summary: | "The great value of this collection of metrical sermons, composed in the late twelfth century by the Augustinian cannon, Orm, has long been recognised by historians of the English language. The author took great care in devising an idiosyncratic system of spelling that would represent as accurately as he could the English of this time and place so that the gospels could be understood. The Ormulium is the sole witness to a unique transitional dialect important for understanding the developments between Old and Middle English, but it also provides essential information for students of literature and historians of religion as well as philologists. This is the fist edition since 1878 of this major English text, now freshly transcribed, and including newly recovered text, giving a fuller picture of the Ormulum than ever before."--Front flap. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0192890433 |