Die Althochdeutsche Und Altsachsische Glossographie

This work is the first handbook on the science of glossing in the Middle Ages. Written by renowned experts in the field, the work provides an introduction to the subject matter and history of glossing research and, in an extensive documentation section, offers an overview of the entire Old High German and Old Saxon glossing tradition, their regional and thematic distribution, as well as their codicological and paleographical aspects. The handbook also includes an in-depth language-geographical and language-historical analysis of the glosses. A detailed bibliography provides access to the entire field of research.