An collection of essays by specialists in the field examining Anglo-Saxon learning and text interpretation and transmission.

The writings of Peter Clemoes; Part I. The Background: Books, Libraries and Learning in Anglo-Saxon England: 1. Whitby as a centre of learning in the seventh century Peter Hunter Blair; 2. Surviving booklists from Anglo-Saxon England Michael Lapidge; 3. Liturgical books in Anglo-Saxon England and their Old English terminology Helmut Gneuss; 4. King Athelstan's books Simon Keynes; Part II. The Texts: Texts, Sources and Interpretations: 5. Thoughts on Ephrem the Syrian in Anglo-Saxon England Patrick Sims-Williams; 6. On the library of the Old English Martyrologist J. E. Cross; 7. The orientation system in the Old English Orosius: shifted or not? Michael Korhammer; 8. Anglo-Saxons on the mind M. R. Gooden; 9. The homilies of the Blickling manuscript D. G. Scragg; 10. The liturgical background of the Old English Advent lyrics: a reappraisal Susan Rankin; 11. The Office in late Anglo-Saxon monasticism M. McC. Gatch; 12. The Judgement of the Damned (from Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 201 and other manuscripts), and the definition of Old English verse E. G. Stanley; 13. Beowulf and the judgement of the righteous Stanley B. Greenfield; 14. Linguistic evidence as a guide to the authorship of Old English verse: a reappraisal, with special reference to Beowulf Janet Bately; Indexes.