DUMBARTON OAKS MEDIEVAL LIBRARY
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Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library 69

The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition

Edited and translated by Andy Orchard

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$35.00 • £29.95 • €31.95

ISBN 9780674055339

Publication Date: 05/11/2021

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  • Introduction
    • Manuscript Contexts
    • Sources and Analogues
    • Use of Titles
    • Shared Themes across the Collections
    • Style
    • This Text and Translation
    • Acknowledgments
    • Notes
  • The Anglo-Latin Tradition
    • Aldhelm
    • Bede
    • Tatwine
    • Hwætberht, The Riddles of Eusebius
    • Boniface
    • Alcuin
    • The Lorsch Riddles
    • The Abingdon Riddle
    • The High-Minded Library
  • The Old English Tradition
    • The Franks Casket Riddle
    • The Leiden Riddle
    • The Exeter Book Riddles
    • The Old English Rune Poem
    • The Riddles of Solomon and Saturn II
    • The Old English Prose Riddle
  • Sources and Analogues of the Tradition
    • Symphosius
    • The Bern Riddles
    • The Verses of a Certain Irishman on the Alphabet
    • The Old Icelandic Rune Poem
    • The Riddles of Gestumblindi
    • Various Riddles
  • Abbreviations
  • Note on the Texts
  • Notes to the Texts
  • Notes to the Translations
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Solutions

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