The Manuscripts of <i>Solomon and Saturn</i>: CCCC 41, CCCC 422, BL Cotton Vitellius A.xv
Reflecting John D. Niles’ recent codicological reading of the Exeter Book, this essay advances a comparative reading of the three manuscripts containing Old English <i>Solomon and Saturn</i> dialogues. These manuscripts attest that the <i>Solomon and Saturn</i> dialogues were...
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| description | Reflecting John D. Niles’ recent codicological reading of the Exeter Book, this essay advances a comparative reading of the three manuscripts containing Old English <i>Solomon and Saturn</i> dialogues. These manuscripts attest that the <i>Solomon and Saturn</i> dialogues were “serious” texts, twice attending the liturgy and later (12th century) joining high pre-scholastic philosophy. They further reveal a shift in the use of poetry over time. The earlier dialogues evince an “Incarnational poetics” that is distinct from but nevertheless comparable to the “monastic poetics” of the Exeter Book, while the later, prose dialogue has taken a less performative and more encyclopedic form. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-036345a7bfc2480e8de1a23099af26d42023-11-30T21:12:35ZengMDPI AGHumanities2076-07872022-04-011125210.3390/h11020052The Manuscripts of <i>Solomon and Saturn</i>: CCCC 41, CCCC 422, BL Cotton Vitellius A.xvTiffany Beechy0Department of English, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0552, USAReflecting John D. Niles’ recent codicological reading of the Exeter Book, this essay advances a comparative reading of the three manuscripts containing Old English <i>Solomon and Saturn</i> dialogues. These manuscripts attest that the <i>Solomon and Saturn</i> dialogues were “serious” texts, twice attending the liturgy and later (12th century) joining high pre-scholastic philosophy. They further reveal a shift in the use of poetry over time. The earlier dialogues evince an “Incarnational poetics” that is distinct from but nevertheless comparable to the “monastic poetics” of the Exeter Book, while the later, prose dialogue has taken a less performative and more encyclopedic form.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/11/2/52<i>Solomon and Saturn</i>codicological readingIncarnational poeticscompilationmonastic poeticsOld English |
| spellingShingle | Tiffany Beechy The Manuscripts of <i>Solomon and Saturn</i>: CCCC 41, CCCC 422, BL Cotton Vitellius A.xv Humanities <i>Solomon and Saturn</i> codicological reading Incarnational poetics compilation monastic poetics Old English |
| title | The Manuscripts of <i>Solomon and Saturn</i>: CCCC 41, CCCC 422, BL Cotton Vitellius A.xv |
| title_full | The Manuscripts of <i>Solomon and Saturn</i>: CCCC 41, CCCC 422, BL Cotton Vitellius A.xv |
| title_fullStr | The Manuscripts of <i>Solomon and Saturn</i>: CCCC 41, CCCC 422, BL Cotton Vitellius A.xv |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Manuscripts of <i>Solomon and Saturn</i>: CCCC 41, CCCC 422, BL Cotton Vitellius A.xv |
| title_short | The Manuscripts of <i>Solomon and Saturn</i>: CCCC 41, CCCC 422, BL Cotton Vitellius A.xv |
| title_sort | manuscripts of i solomon and saturn i cccc 41 cccc 422 bl cotton vitellius a xv |
| topic | <i>Solomon and Saturn</i> codicological reading Incarnational poetics compilation monastic poetics Old English |
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