Electronic Beowulf 2.0 /
Image-based edition of the great Old English poem surviving in the British Library in a composite codex known as Cotton Ms. Vitellius A. xv. The discs provide access to digital color facsimiles of all Cotton Ms. Vitellius A.xv including hundreds of restored readings covered by the binding, Thorkelin...
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| Format: | Software eBook |
| Language: | English English, Old (ca. 450-1100) |
| Language Notes: | Text in Old English and commentary in English. |
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[London] :
British Library,
[2004]
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| Summary: | Image-based edition of the great Old English poem surviving in the British Library in a composite codex known as Cotton Ms. Vitellius A. xv. The discs provide access to digital color facsimiles of all Cotton Ms. Vitellius A.xv including hundreds of restored readings covered by the binding, Thorkelin transcripts, 2 copies of Thorkelin's 1815 first edition with Conybeare's and Madden's 19th century collations, glossarial index, a new edition and transcription (with search facilities), current bibliography, and and interface which allows a study of the entire codex as a handwritten text or examine it as a physical object. |
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| Item Description: | Title from disc label; statement of responsibility from container insert. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 2 CD-ROMs : color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert. |
| Format: | System requirements: Pentium 133 MHz or faster processor ; 32MB RAM minimum ; Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.0 ; Netscape 4*, 6*, 7* (or higher) or MS Internet Explorer 5 and 6 ; Sun Microsystems Java plugin (installation software included on CD). System requirements: Power Macintosh (G3 recommended) running OS 10 or higher ; 32MB RAM minimum ; Netscape 7.1 (installation included on CD) ; Netscape 4* on Mac Classic ; Safari 1.0 ; MRJ plugin and Times OE font. |
| ISBN: | 0712343229 9780712343220 |