Infinite Text | The Story of a Single Manuscript | Cotton MS Vitellius A XV @InfiniteText | Uploaded July 2019 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Time Stamps: Introduction and definitions 0:01 Back-story on Beowulf the Story 1:51, The Manuscript 4:55, Patronage 7:10, Cotton Library 8:45, Transcriptions (Thorkelin) 13:23, Digitization 18:12, Digital Afterlives 21:13 #Booktube #Manuscript #Librarian
This video is an attempt to cover the history of a single Manuscript. The Beowulf Text found in the Nowell Codex or the Cotton Vitellius MS A XV. I give a brief introduction to the text itself and its impact on the Fantasy genre, and then I discuss everything we can possibly know about it including its most recent digitization project and how much further we can take it for study and research.
As mentioned, all images of manuscript are copyright of The British Library and the Digital project of the University of Kentucky.
Full text of everything I said and citations: https://infinitetext.blog/2019/07/19/the-history-preservation-and-conservation-of-the-beowulf-text-in-the-cotton-ms-vitellius-a-xv/
Art of Beowulf credit: illustrations by J. R. Skelton from Stories of Beowulf.
The Two Major Online Sources:
The British Library: bl.uk/collection-items/beowulf
University of Kentucky (Kevin Kiernan and Software Engineer Emil Iacob): https://ebeowulf.uky.edu/#
Videos Mentioned
What Creates That Books Smell: youtube.com/watch?v=XP_6WDjj3Dk&t=41s
Conservation and Preservation: youtube.com/watch?v=a87qXGK7FXw&t=77s
Books Shown On Screen:
An Introduction to Bibliography by Philip Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/286594.A_New_Introduction_to_Bibliography?ac=1&from_search=true
Beowulf The Monsters and The Critics by J.R.R. Tolkien: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf:_The_Monsters_and_the_Critics
Beowulf Fourth Edition (Fulk, Bjorn): goodreads.com/book/show/15824631-klaeber-s-beowulf-and-the-fight-at-finnsburg-fourth-edition?from_search=true
Beowulf Manuscript Treasures in Focus (Tiny book from British Library): goodreads.com/book/show/34658017-beowulf?from_search=true
Beowulf translated by Burton Raffel: goodreads.com/book/show/44595793-beowulf
Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney: goodreads.com/book/show/52357.Beowulf?from_search=true
The Burial at Sutton Hoo Ship Burial: goodreads.com/book/show/677376.The_Sutton_Hoo_Ship_Burial?from_search=true
Graphic Novel of Beowulf (Gareth Hinds): goodreads.com/book/show/346518.Beowulf?from_search=true
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Translation of Beowulf: goodreads.com/book/show/23198296-beowulf?ac=1&from_search=true
Main Resources for Information:
Beowulf and the Beowulf Manuscript by Kevin Kiernan: goodreads.com/book/show/227411.Beowulf_and_the_Beowulf_Manuscript
Joy, Eileen A. “Thomas Smith, Humfrey Wanley, and the ‘Little-Known Country’ of the Cotton Library” bl.uk/eblj/2005articles/article1.html
Beowulf Treasures in Focus. The British Library Board: London. 2009. Print. pp.1-23.
Prescott, Andrew. “Their Present Miserable State of Cremation: The Restoration of the Cotton Library.” Sir Robert Cotton as Collector: Essays on an Early Courtier and His Legacy. (1997)
People Mentioned:
Emperor Vitellius (15AD-69AD), Æthelred the Unready (978-1016), Henry VIII, King of England (1491-1547), Laurence/Lawrence Nowell (1515-1571), William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598), Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550-1604), Sir Robert Cotton (1570-1631), Thomas Smith (1638-1710) and Humfrey Wanley (1672-1726) [the Cotton cataloguers]. George Hickes (Wanley’s assistant), Richard James (d.1638) Grimur Jonsson Thorkelin, William Morris, Frederick Madden, John Josias Conybeare, J.RR.Tolkien, Seamus Heaney, Kevin Kiernan, Emil Iacob.
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Time Stamps: Introduction and definitions 0:01 Back-story on Beowulf the Story 1:51, The Manuscript 4:55, Patronage 7:10, Cotton Library 8:45, Transcriptions (Thorkelin) 13:23, Digitization 18:12, Digital Afterlives 21:13 #Booktube #Manuscript #Librarian
This video is an attempt to cover the history of a single Manuscript. The Beowulf Text found in the Nowell Codex or the Cotton Vitellius MS A XV. I give a brief introduction to the text itself and its impact on the Fantasy genre, and then I discuss everything we can possibly know about it including its most recent digitization project and how much further we can take it for study and research.
As mentioned, all images of manuscript are copyright of The British Library and the Digital project of the University of Kentucky.
Full text of everything I said and citations: https://infinitetext.blog/2019/07/19/the-history-preservation-and-conservation-of-the-beowulf-text-in-the-cotton-ms-vitellius-a-xv/
Art of Beowulf credit: illustrations by J. R. Skelton from Stories of Beowulf.
The Two Major Online Sources:
The British Library: bl.uk/collection-items/beowulf
University of Kentucky (Kevin Kiernan and Software Engineer Emil Iacob): https://ebeowulf.uky.edu/#
Videos Mentioned
What Creates That Books Smell: youtube.com/watch?v=XP_6WDjj3Dk&t=41s
Conservation and Preservation: youtube.com/watch?v=a87qXGK7FXw&t=77s
Books Shown On Screen:
An Introduction to Bibliography by Philip Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/286594.A_New_Introduction_to_Bibliography?ac=1&from_search=true
Beowulf The Monsters and The Critics by J.R.R. Tolkien: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf:_The_Monsters_and_the_Critics
Beowulf Fourth Edition (Fulk, Bjorn): goodreads.com/book/show/15824631-klaeber-s-beowulf-and-the-fight-at-finnsburg-fourth-edition?from_search=true
Beowulf Manuscript Treasures in Focus (Tiny book from British Library): goodreads.com/book/show/34658017-beowulf?from_search=true
Beowulf translated by Burton Raffel: goodreads.com/book/show/44595793-beowulf
Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney: goodreads.com/book/show/52357.Beowulf?from_search=true
The Burial at Sutton Hoo Ship Burial: goodreads.com/book/show/677376.The_Sutton_Hoo_Ship_Burial?from_search=true
Graphic Novel of Beowulf (Gareth Hinds): goodreads.com/book/show/346518.Beowulf?from_search=true
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Translation of Beowulf: goodreads.com/book/show/23198296-beowulf?ac=1&from_search=true
Main Resources for Information:
Beowulf and the Beowulf Manuscript by Kevin Kiernan: goodreads.com/book/show/227411.Beowulf_and_the_Beowulf_Manuscript
Joy, Eileen A. “Thomas Smith, Humfrey Wanley, and the ‘Little-Known Country’ of the Cotton Library” bl.uk/eblj/2005articles/article1.html
Beowulf Treasures in Focus. The British Library Board: London. 2009. Print. pp.1-23.
Prescott, Andrew. “Their Present Miserable State of Cremation: The Restoration of the Cotton Library.” Sir Robert Cotton as Collector: Essays on an Early Courtier and His Legacy. (1997)
People Mentioned:
Emperor Vitellius (15AD-69AD), Æthelred the Unready (978-1016), Henry VIII, King of England (1491-1547), Laurence/Lawrence Nowell (1515-1571), William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598), Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550-1604), Sir Robert Cotton (1570-1631), Thomas Smith (1638-1710) and Humfrey Wanley (1672-1726) [the Cotton cataloguers]. George Hickes (Wanley’s assistant), Richard James (d.1638) Grimur Jonsson Thorkelin, William Morris, Frederick Madden, John Josias Conybeare, J.RR.Tolkien, Seamus Heaney, Kevin Kiernan, Emil Iacob.
................................................................................................................
Where else can you find me?
📚 BLOG: https://infinitetext.blog/
📱 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/InfiniteTextLib?r...
📸 INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/infinite_text
📖 GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6...
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