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The Gospels Of Saint-Gatien, Its Cousins, And The Late Anglo-Saxon Liturgy, Elizabeth Teviotdale Mar 1998

The Gospels Of Saint-Gatien, Its Cousins, And The Late Anglo-Saxon Liturgy, Elizabeth Teviotdale

Elizabeth C Teviotdale

Traces the transmission of an Irish-influenced reading of Matthew 8:23-27 in four Breton and three English manuscripts dating from ca. 800 to the third quarter of the 11th century: Paris, BnF, MS nouv. acq. lat. 1587; New York, NYPL, MS MA 115; London, BL, MS Add. 9381; London, BL, MS Royal 1.A.xviii; Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, MS 9; Reims, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 9; and Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, MS Plut. xvii.20.


An Episode In The Medieval Afterlife Of The Caligula Troper, Elizabeth Teviotdale Dec 1997

An Episode In The Medieval Afterlife Of The Caligula Troper, Elizabeth Teviotdale

Elizabeth C Teviotdale

A study of a series of thirteenth-century annotations in London, BL, MS Cotton Caligula A.xiv, marking pieces to be copied.


The Lord/Dependant (Vassal) Relationship: A Case Study From Aquitaine C. 1030, George Beech Dec 1997

The Lord/Dependant (Vassal) Relationship: A Case Study From Aquitaine C. 1030, George Beech

George T. Beech

This paper, a contribution to the current discussion on feudalism, is a study of a single, exceptionally well-documented lord/dependant (vassal) relationship from early eleventh century Aquitaine. It is based on an analysis of a 340-line narrative (Paris, BN, Lat., 5927) of a dispute between the Count of Poitiers and one of his castellans, Hugh of Lusignan. It examines successively, (1) the author's vocabulary of dependence, (2) contemporary conceptions of lordship and dependence, (3) the customary basis of this relationship; i.e. obligations, restrictions, and rights, (4) its landed, economic basis, and (5) its effectiveness. What distinguishes this narrative from the charters, …