The layers of glossing; the manuscripts; his early work in Middle English; his use of sources and external aids; his glosses - some successes and failures; some thoughts on his intentions. Appendices: the worksheet entries; his tremble.
'At every stage, every care has been taken to establish details and
to base conclusions on them which make this an authoritative book.
The lexicographical information is of great interest. As a result,
a reader's understanding is greatly enriched.'
E.G. STanley, Pembroke College, Oxford, Notes and Queries,
September 1992
`... stimulating study ... This is in some ways a demanding book to
read but one that repays careful attention.' P.R. Robinson, Medium
AEvum
`Frazen is thorough, her research well-documented her argument
supported in almost exhausting detail ... I am greatly impressed by
the thoroughness and detail of her analysis ... Franzen's book is
undeniably a work of thorough scholarship'
'Much that one had wanted to know has now been clarified by
Christine Franzen in a dense and meticulous monograph'
Milton McC. Gatch, Union Theological Seminary, Albion, Summer 1993,
Vol. 25, No. 2
'... careful and comprehensive study ...a brilliant piece of
detective work ... In addition to the clear and persuasive
arguments summarized above, Franzen provides descriptions of the
manuscripts ... a list of the 176 most commonly gossed Old English
words in three manuscripts, with glosses, frequencies, and
references to the Middle English Dictionary or the Oxford English
Dictionary;and indexes of the Old and Middle English words
discussed. These features add to the book's already considerable
virtues those of a useful reference tool.'
Peter S. Baker, University of Virginia. Speculum - A Journal of
Medieval Studies. April 1994
'Christine Franzen's remarkable study of the Worcester Tremulous
hand is a singular book for a number of reasons. It is complex and
highly technical study which, if it had been undertaken by a
pedant, would have been exceedingly dull to all but a handful of
diehard palaeographers. But it is far from pedantic or dull.
Franzen writers clearly, and with great personal interest in her
chosen work. ... an intriguing work on a technical subject that is
highly
readable and enjoyable, as an academic "detective analysis" if
nothing else. What is best about her book is that it is nicely
organized.'
A N Q Vol 7 No 2 April '94
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