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Monasteriales Indicia : The Anglo-Saxon Monastic Sign Language by Debby Banham (1991, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherAnglo-Saxon Books

ISBN-100951620940

ISBN-139780951620946

eBay Product ID (ePID)268642

Product Key Features

Number of Pages96 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMonasteriales Indicia : the Anglo-Saxon Monastic Sign Language

Publication Year1991

SubjectChristianity / History, Old & Middle English, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Medieval

TypeLanguage Course

AuthorDebby Banham

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Religion, History

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight5.6 Oz

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal419

SynopsisThis is one of the very few texts which let us see how life was really lived in monasteries in the early Middle Ages. Written in Old English and preserved in a manuscript of the mid-eleventh century, it consists of 127 signs used by Anglo-Saxon monks during times when the Benedictine Rule forbade them to speak., This is one of the very few texts which let us see how life was really lived in monasteries in the early Middle Ages. Written in Old English and preserved in a manuscript of the mid-eleventh century, it consists of 127 signs used by Anglo-Saxon monks during times when the Benedictine Rule forbade them to speak. These indicate the food the monks ate, the clothes they wore, and the books they used in church and chapter, as well as the tools they used in their daily life, and persons they might meet both in the monastery and outside. The text is printed here with a parallel translation. The introduction gives a summary of the background, both historical and textual, as well as a brief look at the later evidence for monastic sign language in England. Extensive notes provide details of textual relationships, explore problems of interpretation, and set out the historical implications of the text.