The architectural interest of Æthelwulf's De Abbatibus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11451888 |
|---|---|
| Authors | H M Taylor (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Pages | 163-173 |
| Publication date | 1974-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anglo-Saxon England (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-6751 • E-ISSN: 1474-0532 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s026367510000065x |
| OpenAlex | W2151705711 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
The purpose of this article is to describe the architectural evidence contained in a ninth-century poem which has recently been published in a new critical edition. The poem relates to a Northumbrian abbey dependent on Lindisfarne and its content provides some welcome additions to the present small number of contemporary descriptions of churches and their fittings. The poet, who was a member of the community, describes in some detail two churches of the abbey as well as a greater church which he saw in a vision. The poem is dedicated to Egbert, bishop of Lindisfarne 803–21, who would presumably be familiar with the abbey; and this dedication therefore serves not only to date the poem within the first quarter of the ninth century but also to indicate indirectly that it should be free from the wilder exaggerations that have sometimes brought discredit on contemporary descriptions of buildings
Archaeology · Art · Literature · Ninth · Poetry · Quarter (Canadian coin · Byzantine Studies and History · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Medieval Literature and History
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.07 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2012 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |