TY - BOOK ID - 67130823 TI - The Old English metrical calendar (Menologium) PY - 2015 VL - 12 SN - 14636948 SN - 9781843844099 9781782044918 1843844095 1782044914 PB - Cambridge: Brewer, DB - UniCat KW - Christian martyrs KW - Martyrologium (Anglo-Saxon) KW - Martyrs KW - Martyrdom KW - Christianity KW - Martyrologium Saxonice KW - Martyrology, Old English KW - Old English Martyrology KW - Altenglische Martyrologium KW - Menologium (Anglo-Saxon) KW - Old English metrical calendar KW - Calendrier anglo-saxon KW - Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. KW - Anglo-Saxon England. KW - Anglo-Saxon liturgy. KW - Anglo-Saxon poetry. KW - Christian festivals. KW - Christian worship. KW - Domestic perspective. KW - English philology. KW - Grammar. KW - Kazutomo Karasawa. KW - Liturgical year. KW - Menologium. KW - Old English Metrical Calendar. KW - Prosody. KW - Solar/natural year. KW - Vocabulary. KW - cultural history. KW - liturgical practices. KW - liturgical traditions. KW - liturgical year. KW - manuscript studies. KW - medieval Christianity. KW - medieval liturgy. KW - religious texts. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:67130823 AB - The late tenth-century Old English Metrical Calendar (traditionally known as <I>Menologium</I>) summarises, in the characteristic heroic diction and traditional metre of Old English poetry, the majorcourse of the Anglo-Saxon liturgical year. It sets out, in a methodical structure based on the basic temporal framework of the solar/natural year, the locations of the major feasts widely observed inlate Anglo-Saxon England. Such a work could have been a practical timepiece for reading the dates of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, for which it serves as a kind of prologue in the manuscript. The clearlydomestic perspective of the poem, which fits in the manuscript context, is also noteworthy, while the poem also reveals various interesting characteristics in its grammar, vocabulary and prosody. This is the first full modern edition of the poem, and is accompanied by a facing translation. The introduction provides an extensive discussion of matter, content, style, and context, while the commentary offers further information. The volume also includes the texts and translations of a number of analogous works. Kazutomo Karasawa is Professor of English philology at Komazawa University, Tokyo. ER -