Michael Lapidge was Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge (1991-8) and Notre Dame Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame (1999-2004); he is now Fellow Emeritus of Clare College, Cambridge. He has published widely on the literature of the Anglo-Saxons (both Old English and Latin). His most recent book was The Cult of St Swithun (OUP, 2003). He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and Corresponding Fellow of the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften and of the Accademia dei Lincei (Rome).

Review from previous edition 'Its learning is immense...'

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Vanished Libraries of Classical Antiquity ; 3. Vanished Libraries of Anglo-Saxon England ; 4. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (I): The Evidence of Inventories ; 5. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (II): The Evidence of Manuscripts ; 6. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (III): The Evidence of Citations ; 7. Conclusions ; Appendix A: Six Inventories of Latin Books from Anglo-Saxon Libraries (Excluding Biblical and Liturgical Books) ; Appendix B: Eighth-Century Inventories of Books from the Areas of the Anglo-Saxon Mission in Germany ; Appendix C: Surviving Eighth-Century Manuscripts from the Area of the Anglo-Saxon Mission in Germany ; Appendix D: Ninth-Century Manuscripts of Continental Origin Having Pre-Conquest English Provenance ; Appendix E: Books Cited by the Principal Anglo-Saxon Authors ; Catalogue of Classical and Patristic Authors and Works Composed before AD 700 and Known in Anglo-Saxon England ; Index of Manuscripts ; General Index

Michael Lapidge was Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge (1991-8) and Notre Dame Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame (1999-2004); he is now Fellow Emeritus of Clare College, Cambridge. He has published widely on the literature of the Anglo-Saxons (both Old English and Latin). His most recent book was The Cult of St Swithun (OUP, 2003). He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and Corresponding Fellow of the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften and of the Accademia dei Lincei (Rome).

Review from previous edition 'Its learning is immense...'

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Vanished Libraries of Classical Antiquity ; 3. Vanished Libraries of Anglo-Saxon England ; 4. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (I): The Evidence of Inventories ; 5. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (II): The Evidence of Manuscripts ; 6. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (III): The Evidence of Citations ; 7. Conclusions ; Appendix A: Six Inventories of Latin Books from Anglo-Saxon Libraries (Excluding Biblical and Liturgical Books) ; Appendix B: Eighth-Century Inventories of Books from the Areas of the Anglo-Saxon Mission in Germany ; Appendix C: Surviving Eighth-Century Manuscripts from the Area of the Anglo-Saxon Mission in Germany ; Appendix D: Ninth-Century Manuscripts of Continental Origin Having Pre-Conquest English Provenance ; Appendix E: Books Cited by the Principal Anglo-Saxon Authors ; Catalogue of Classical and Patristic Authors and Works Composed before AD 700 and Known in Anglo-Saxon England ; Index of Manuscripts ; General Index

Michael Lapidge was Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge (1991-8) and Notre Dame Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame (1999-2004); he is now Fellow Emeritus of Clare College, Cambridge. He has published widely on the literature of the Anglo-Saxons (both Old English and Latin). His most recent book was The Cult of St Swithun (OUP, 2003). He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and Corresponding Fellow of the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften and of the Accademia dei Lincei (Rome).

Review from previous edition 'Its learning is immense...'

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Vanished Libraries of Classical Antiquity ; 3. Vanished Libraries of Anglo-Saxon England ; 4. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (I): The Evidence of Inventories ; 5. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (II): The Evidence of Manuscripts ; 6. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (III): The Evidence of Citations ; 7. Conclusions ; Appendix A: Six Inventories of Latin Books from Anglo-Saxon Libraries (Excluding Biblical and Liturgical Books) ; Appendix B: Eighth-Century Inventories of Books from the Areas of the Anglo-Saxon Mission in Germany ; Appendix C: Surviving Eighth-Century Manuscripts from the Area of the Anglo-Saxon Mission in Germany ; Appendix D: Ninth-Century Manuscripts of Continental Origin Having Pre-Conquest English Provenance ; Appendix E: Books Cited by the Principal Anglo-Saxon Authors ; Catalogue of Classical and Patristic Authors and Works Composed before AD 700 and Known in Anglo-Saxon England ; Index of Manuscripts ; General Index