Looking forward to talking at Textualities 19 today! With a wide range of topics discussed from both Modernities and Med-Ren literature, it's shaping up to be a great day ๐
Here's a link to my blog post, "Out of my medievalist comfort zone: Wikipedia & live tweeting" https://t.co/CY92UcMHbC via @wordpressdotcom#editwikilit#EN6009
I'm including a note on the description of Judith as "aelfscinu", which translates to "of elfin beauty". In Anglo-Saxon England, elves were associated with promiscuity and deviousness - an odd way to describe the Lord's servant! #editwikilit#EN6009
Judith is a fragment, meaning that a section of the poem is missing. Time to update Wikipedia's information on Judith's fragmentation #editwikilit#EN6009
I am currently adding a section on the palaeography, codicology and orthography of the Old English Judith. The palaeographical and codicological evidence of such manuscripts is essential to our study of Old English literature #editwikilit#EN6009