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D. H. Frost, Sacrament an Alter/The Sacrament of the Altar. A Critical Edition with Translation. 1000 Years of Cornish. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2023, 355 pp.

by Brian Murdoch (Author)
4 Pages
Open Access
Journal: Mediaevistik Volume 36 Issue 1 Publication Year 2023 pp. 524 - 527

Summary

This exemplary and readable study is of interest to a far wider audience than might perhaps be anticipated, given that it is concerned with a single part of a little-known text from the very end of the Middle Ages, a translation from English into Cornish made in the 1570s. The text stands, however, on the border between the medieval Church and the Reformation, and the edition and its contextualization (based here on some surprising discoveries) raise questions relating to linguistic, historical, and theological dividing lines.

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4
DOI
10.3726/med.2023.01.144
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Brian Murdoch (Author)

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Title: D. H. Frost, Sacrament an Alter/The Sacrament of the Altar. A Critical Edition with Translation. 1000 Years of Cornish. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2023, 355 pp.