BYRHTFERTH'S ENCHIRIDION EETSS

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By: BAKER

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Hardcover | 7 February 2014

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Byrhtferth of Ramsey was one of the outstanding scholars of the late Anglo-Saxon Church, the pupil of Abbo of Fleury, probably the most learned man in the Europe of his day. From Abbo, Byrhtferth learned the intricacies of medieval date-reckoning (computus), as well as familiarity with the syllabus of the quadrivium (astronomy, arithmetic, harmony, geometry). The Enchiridion, completed in 1011, is a handbook designed to explain the complexities of computus to young monks in his charge, but Byrhtferth disgresses widely in discussions of metrics and rhetoric, as well as his scientific intersts. As such, it is a work in the forefront of Anglo-Saxon scholarship.
This edition of the Enchiridion supersedes that of S. J. Crawford, published for the Society in 1929 as vol. 177 of the Original Series. The new edition contains a full introduction, describing the nature of Byrhtferth's schooling at Ramsey. The text is presented with a facing translation, and is followed by a detailed commentary. The edition also includes the text of Byrhtferth's Latin treatise on computus, which has never been printed before. The Latin text is the model for the Enchiridion, which cannot be understood without reference to it.

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Baker and Lapidge do more than correct and re-edit the text: they also characterise the scholarly context within which the work was written illuminate Byrhtferth's career, provide clear evidence in support of Ramsey's position as a major centre of scholarship, and explain for us the esoteric traditions of the science of computus and medieval arithmology. * Joyce Hill, University of Leeds, Early Medieval Europe, Volume 6 Number 1 1997 *
Baker and Lapidge do more than correct and re-edit the text: they also characterise the scholarly context within which the work was written ... In their preface the editors comment that 'Byrhtferth's intention in composing his Enchiridion was to make ecclesiastical computus and arithmology - subjects which are at best difficult and at worst impenetrable - comprehensible to a diverse audience', and they express the hope that, in some measure, their new edition will have assisted him in achieving his aim. They have succeeded triumphantly. * Joyce Hill, University of Leeds, Early Medieval Europe 1997 6 *
This work of heroic erudition, replacing Samuel Crawford's 1929 edition, has been worth the wait ... this edition will surely become and remain a standard source for information on Anglo-Saxon numeracy. * Speculum - A Journal of Medieval Studies *

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