Old English Manuscript Fragments Discovered! The Alkmaar Fragments of the N-Psalter

Recording of a 2023 lecture on the discovery of more than twenty manuscript fragments of an Old English glossed psalter. The lecture features an introduction to Old English glossed psalters, a sneak preview at the new fragments and a discussion of their possible origins.

Link to full article about the discovery: https://doi.org/10.1017/S026367512300...

The lecture was given as part of the Lecture Series: ‘Meetings with the Psalms and Psalters’, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, the Research Group for the Study of Manuscripts (SIGLUM) and the Institute of English Studies at the University of Warsaw, Poland, and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame (27 April, 2023). For a video without slides but with introduction and Q & A, see:    • A Treasure Trove in the Binding: A Pr...  

The follow-up lecture by Monika Opalinska referred to at the end of the lecture is available here:    • Putting the Pieces Back Together: the...  

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