The Community of St. Cuthbert in the Late Tenth Century: The Chester-le-Street Additions to Durham Cathedral Library A.IV.19

442 Pages·2012·6.588 MB·English

by  Karen Louise Jolly

Text and Context
Frank Coulson, Series Editor

COMMUNITY
THE OF
ST. CUTHBERT
IN THE
LATE TENTH CENTURY
The Chester-le-Street Additions to
Durham Cathedral Library A.IV.19
Karen Louise Jolly
The Ohio State University Press | Columbus
Copyright © 2012 by The Ohio State University.
All rights reserved.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jolly, Karen Louise.
The community of St. Cuthbert in the late tenth century : the Chester-le-Street additions to Durham Cathe-
dral Library A.IV.19 / Karen Louise Jolly.
p. cm. — (Text and context)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8142-1181-6 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-8142-1181-X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8142-9282-2 (cd)
1. Collectars—England—Texts. 2. Catholic Church. Durham collectar. 3. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval
and modern)—England. 4. Manuscripts, English (Old) 5. Monasteries—England—Chester-le-Street—His-
toriography. 6. Monasteries—England—Durham—Historiography. 7. Anglo-Saxons—England—Chester-
le-Street. 8. Anglo-Saxons—England—Durham. I. Title. II. Series: Text and context (Columbus, Ohio)
BX2015.7.A3D87 2012
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2011039201
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CONTENTS
Abbreviations ix
Illustrations xiii
Preface and Acknowledgments xv
Chapter 1
History: The Temporal and Geographic Landscape
in Northumbria 1
Northumbria and Wessex: English Identity and Christian Reform 4
Chester-le-Street in the Tenth Century: Land and Power 15
THE SOCIOPOLITICAL LANDSCAPE 17
THE NATURAL WORLD AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 24
Chapter 2
Biography: Aldred and His World 37
Lindisfarne Colophon and Gloss: A Good Woman’s Son Earns a Place 41
Durham Colophon: Provost of Cuthbert’s family 60
Chapter 3
Paleography and Codicology: The Chester-le-Street
Scriptorium 71
In the Scriptorium: Paleography and Codicology 73
Medieval Survival and Modern Antiquarians: The Later
History of Durham A.IV.19 88
VI • CONTENTS
Chapter 4
Liturgy: The Community of St. Cuthbert at Prayer 110
Service Books 112
Office Materials 119
PRAYERINTHE DIVINE OFFICE 120
READINGS 129
HYMNS 131
Communal Services 136
COMMUNITYOF THE SAINTS: MEMORIALS FORTHE LIVINGANDTHE DEAD 137
COMMUNITY SERVICE: BLESSINGTHINGS 143
Chapter 5
Scholarship and Education: The Textual Community
at Chester-le-Street 151
Learning to Write and Writing to Learn: Scribe B 155
Thinking and Teaching: Aldred’s Glosses 162
Language Study at Chester-le-Street: Encyclopedic Additions 172
QXI.48 NOTAE JURIS 175
QXI.49 DE OCTO PONDERA 179
QXI.50–52 OFFICIAL LISTS 183
QXI.53–55 PLACESIN CHRISTIAN HISTORY 190
Chapter 6
Conclusion: Religious Formation and the Vocabulary
of Prayer 200
In the Scriptorium, Schoolroom, and Library: Reading, Writing,
and Study 202
In the Church and Cloister: Individual and Corporate Prayer 207
In the Field and On the Road: Blessings and Protection 210
A Sacramental World 214
The Texts: Additions to Durham Cathedral Library A.IV.19 217
Collation Diagrams 220
Codicological Map 223
Quire VIII 230
Quires IX–X Booklet + Fol. 76 246
Quire XI Booklet 280
CONTENTS • VII
Bibliography 361
Index of texts 395
Index verborum 397
General index 402