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Fates of the Apostles, Address of the Soul to the Body, Falsehood of Men, Dream of the Rood, Elene.
How the manuscript reached Vercelli is a question upon which two leading hypotheses have been held. According to one, it would have been taken from England to Italy by Cardinal guala-bicchieri, who was Papal Legato in England from 1216 to 1218, who founded the monastery church of St. Andrew at Vercelli after his return from England, had it erected by an Englishman in the Early English style, and bestowed upon it relics of English saints. Moreover, he was the possessor of a library remarkable for that time, which he bequeathed to his monastery, and which contained a copy of the Bible in English handwriting. Finally, the monastery school, which in 1228 became a university, was attended by Englishmen, and, among others, by Adam de Marisco, the first teacher in the school which the Franciscans set up in Oxford; this must have been before 1226, the year of St. Francis's death, since it is expresslystated that it was he who sent Adam, in company with St. Anthony of Padua, to the Vercelli school. As it is well known that Guala levied large sums upon the clergy before leaving England, there would be nothing surprising in his receiving books as well - perhaps, since he was so zealous a collector, as an equivalent for certain sums of money. Altogether, the considerations here presented would seem to render it probable that the Vercelli Book reached that city through Guala's agency. For a fuller presentation of this theory, see my Cardinal Guala and the Vercelli Book, Library Bulletin No. 10 of the University of California, 1888.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book presents an exhaustive study of various theories regarding the authorship of "The Dream of the Rood," an Old English poem of immense historical and literary value. The author begins by exploring the theory that the poem is by Cædmon, based on the Ruthwell Cross inscription. However, recent research suggests that this theory is unlikely. The book also examines Cynewulf as a possible author since he includes personal revelations in the epilogues of many of his poems. The author extensively analyzes the coincidences in thematic depth and rhetorical style between "The Dream of the Rood" and Cynewulf's established works. The author concludes that the poem's lyric intensity and haunting elegiac tone support Cynewulf's authorship, placing it within the broader context of Old English literature and shedding light on the literary and cultural significance of this enigmatic and captivating text. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780282690939_0
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