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The Old English History of the World: An Anglo-Saxon Rewriting of Orosius (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library) Hardcover – October 31, 2016
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- Print length496 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHarvard University Press
- Publication dateOctober 31, 2016
- Dimensions5.25 x 1.16 x 8 inches
- ISBN-10067497106X
- ISBN-13978-0674971066
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- Publisher : Harvard University Press; 1st edition (October 31, 2016)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 496 pages
- ISBN-10 : 067497106X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0674971066
- Item Weight : 1.35 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.25 x 1.16 x 8 inches
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The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library presents original Byzantine Greek, medieval Latin, Old English and medieval Iberian texts with facing-page translations designed to make written achievements of Western medieval and Byzantine cultures available to English-speaking scholars and general readers.
Aimed at a global audience, it offers familiar classics of the medieval canon as well as lesser-known texts of literary and cultural value in accessible modern translations based on the latest research by leading figures in the field.
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2017Interesting work. Good translation.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2022This is an interesting read and the book quality in terms of material production is top-notch ( hardcover book with dust cover, creamy, soft pages, attached thread bookmark & mirroring translation ) !
However, the end notes are not keyed to the text and are mostly linguistic, expanding on translation issues from Old English or clarifying Old English vocabulary, details which are perfectly superfluous for the lay reader...
The few historical end notes are brief & unassuming, but some denote a rather basic knowledge of ancient history, especially in its geographical aspect... By way of example, the translator does not identify the Fortunate Isles, when they have been amply referred to by ancient writers, among whom Strabo, who identifies them in his " Geography " with southern Spain ( the area around modern Cadiz ) or with islands situated in the Atlantic Ocean off the southern coast of Spain ( possibly the Canary Islands ). Likewise, the translator settles for an extremely vague location of Thule, declaring that it is " an island in the far north or north-west of the known world " ( end note I.32, p. 434 ). Or Thule was known to the Romans, who sailed around it, and is expressly mentioned by Tacitus in his " Agricola " (chapter 10), where he states it is visible from the Orcades, which are the Orkney Islands, off the northern coast of Britain. Being further up north, Thule Island is therefore identified with the Shetland Islands.
One can infer from these examples that the translator's acquaintance with the ancient world is sketchy at best and that his interest in this English rewriting of Orosius is linguistic rather that historical. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, and Osric does include in his account a description of Germania and another of Norway, drawn from later sources, which are absent from Orosius' work - it's simply that for those who have a predilection for history, and therefore a craving for precision, the indefiniteness of the translator's textual interventions is dispiriting...
History addicts will want to stick to Orosius' original account, which is abundantly annotated in A. T. Fear's edition for the Liverpool University Press, under the title " Orosius : Seven Books of History against the Pagans ", published in 2010.
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- AliceInWonderlandReviewed in Canada on April 25, 2022
2.0 out of 5 stars Only for the English medievalist...
This is an interesting read and the book quality in terms of material production is top-notch ( hardcover book with dust cover, creamy, soft pages, attached thread bookmark & mirroring translation ) !
However, the end notes are not keyed to the text and are mostly linguistic, expanding on translation issues from Old English or clarifying Old English vocabulary, details which are perfectly superfluous for the lay reader...
The few historical end notes are brief & unassuming, but some denote a rather basic knowledge of ancient history, especially in its geographical aspect... By way of example, the translator does not identify the Fortunate Isles, when they have been amply referred to by ancient writers, among whom Strabo, who identifies them in his " Geography " with southern Spain ( the area around modern Cadiz ) or with islands situated in the Atlantic Ocean off the southern coast of Spain ( possibly the Canary Islands ). Likewise, the translator settles for an extremely vague location of Thule, declaring that it is " an island in the far north or north-west of the known world " ( end note I.32, p. 434 ). Or Thule was known to the Romans, who sailed around it, and is expressly mentioned by Tacitus in his " Agricola " (chapter 10), where he states it is visible from the Orcades, which are the Orkney Islands, off the northern coast of Britain. Being further up north, Thule Island is therefore identified with the Shetland Islands.
One can infer from these examples that the translator's acquaintance with the ancient world is sketchy at best and that his interest in this English rewriting of Orosius is linguistic rather that historical. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, and Osric does include in his account a description of Germania and another of Norway, drawn from later sources, which are absent from Orosius' work - it's simply that for those who have a predilection for history, and therefore a craving for precision, the indefiniteness of the translator's textual interventions is dispiriting...
History addicts will want to stick to Orosius' original account, which is abundantly annotated in A. T. Fear's edition for the Liverpool University Press, under the title " Orosius : Seven Books of History against the Pagans ", published in 2010.