Kalamazoo 2022: 20% Conference Discount on All DOML Volumes
The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library is proud to participate in the virtual exhibits hall of the 57th annual International Congress on Medieval Studies, hosted by Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Everyone is invited to browse our virtual conference booth: no conference registration required! Use our online order form to get a 20% discount and free shipping in the US and Canada on all DOML volumes, including new titles: Biblical and Pastoral Poetry, by Alcimus Avitus, ed. and trans. Michael Roberts Animal Fables of
Review: Old English Legal Writings, by Wulfstan
The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library is doing early medieval English studies proud with its oh-so-handsome editions and facing-page translations in affordable hardbacks, featuring clear print on nice paper with golden-brown covers and a built-in bookmark. The contents are as impressive as the volumes that contain them, with compact, thoughtful editions and readable translations undertaken by appropriate experts. It is noteworthy that the series is including not just Old English poetry but also a wide range of Old English prose, making
Review: Anonymous Old English Lives of Saints
Anonymous Old English saints’ lives form a major part of the corpus of surviving literature from early England. Compared to poetry or works by named authors like Ælfric, they have been mainly served by editors and translators piecemeal. Johanna Kramer, Hugh Magennis, and Robin Norris offer a welcome addition to the field with a new collection of Anonymous Old English Lives of Saints in fresh editions and translations. As the editors say, “The lives included in this collection are highly
Review: The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition
The Anglo-Saxon riddles are a fascinating verbal realm where ambiguity and polysemy, suggestion and a big dose of distraction and deflection make the rule rather than the exception. Andy Orchard paves a way through this slippery territory by bringing together in one place the entire riddle corpus, Latin and Old English, with a detailed and informative commentary. The size of the work alone bespeaks years of industrious effort. The author revisits all the riddles and the literature on them, and
The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library attends MAA 2022 in Charlottesville
The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library is excited to exhibit at the Medieval Academy of America conference in Charlottesville, VA, March 10-12, 2022. Please stop by our in-person conference booth or, if you are attending virtually, our electronic booth in the conference app. To celebrate the conference, we are offering a discount, good through April 20, 2022, available when you order with the special form linked below. Shipping is free to the US and Canada. To order outside North and South
Review: Medieval Latin Lives of Muhammad
There seems to be growing interest in what John Tolan aptly calls the “European Muhammad”: not the historical figure who lived in and transformed early-seventh-century Arabia but rather “a mirror for European writers, expressing their fears, hopes, and ambitions.” Julian Yolles and Jessica Weiss enrich this field by providing ready access to narrative accounts of Muhammad’s life and, crucially, making these texts available not only in Latin but also in accurate and highly readable English translations. Medieval Latin Lives of
