Dr Elizabeth Solopova: List of publications

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From the Vulgate to the Vernacular: Four Debates on an English Question c. 1450

April 2020
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Edited book

From Bede to Wyclif: The Knowledge of Old English within the Context of Late Middle English Biblical Translation and Beyond

December 2019
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Journal article
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The Review of English Studies
The continuity between Old and Middle English periods has been a matter of interest and debate in the field of medieval studies. Though it is widely accepted that Old English texts continued to be copied and used in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the possibility that they were collected, read and studied, and influenced scholars and religious thinkers in late medieval England is often rejected as implausible. The reason most commonly given is the difficulty of understanding the Old English language in the late Middle Ages. The present article aims to reassess this view and re-examine evidence for the reading and use of Old English texts in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries with a primary focus on biblical translation. The article explores the possibility that Middle English glosses that occur in Old English sermon and biblical manuscripts reflect a scholarly interest in these texts, rather than a struggle to understand their language. The article also examines evidence that the translators of the Wycliffite Bible may have had some familiarity with Old English biblical translations, possibly as a result of study of biblical and sermon manuscripts

Index of Manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible

October 2017
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Chapter
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The Wycliffite Bible: Origin, History and Interpretation
The Wycliffite Bible: Origin, History and Interpretation offers new perspectives and research by leading scholars on the first complete translation of the Bible into English produced at the end of the 14th century by the followers of John ...
History

Index of Names, Places, and Texts

October 2017
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Chapter
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The Wycliffite Bible: Origin, History and Interpretation
The Wycliffite Bible: Origin, History and Interpretation offers new perspectives and research by leading scholars on the first complete translation of the Bible into English produced at the end of the 14th century by the followers of John ...
History

Select Bibliography

October 2017
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Chapter
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The Wycliffite Bible: Origin, History and Interpretation
The Wycliffite Bible: Origin, History and Interpretation offers new perspectives and research by leading scholars on the first complete translation of the Bible into English produced at the end of the 14th century by the followers of John ...
History

The Latin Text

October 2017
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Chapter
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The Wycliffite Bible Origin, History and Interpretation
The Wycliffite Bible: Origin, History and Interpretation offers new perspectives and research by leading scholars on the first complete translation of the Bible into English produced at the end of the 14th century by the followers of John ...
History

The Manuscript Tradition

October 2017
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Chapter
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The Wycliffite Bible: Origin, History and Interpretation
The Wycliffite Bible: Origin, History and Interpretation offers new perspectives and research by leading scholars on the first complete translation of the Bible into English produced at the end of the 14th century by the followers of John ...
History

Dialect

January 2017
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Chapter
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Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts

Introduction: New directions in research on the first english bible

January 2017
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Chapter

The wycliffite psalms

January 2017
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Chapter
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Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts

The Wycliffite Bible: Origin, History and Interpretation

October 2016
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Book
History

Manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible in the Bodleian and Oxford College Libraries

June 2016
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Book
The catalogue is the first step towards a systematic description of the manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible, one of the most influential medieval English works. The Bible is the first complete translation of the Vulgate in English, produced at the end of the 14th century by the followers of the Oxford theologian John Wyclif. In spite of being condemned and banned within twenty five years of its appearance, it became the most widely disseminated medieval English text. The catalogue contains detailed descriptions of all (64 in total) manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible in Oxford collections (the Bodleian and college libraries). This is a substantial part of the whole corpus: 250 manuscripts of the Bible survive and Oxford has the largest number of copies in any single location. The descriptions are subdivided into sections covering textual contents, decoration, dialect, physical makeup and binding of each manuscript, and are accompanied by bibliographies. The descriptions are preceded by an introduction with a discussion of the manuscript tradition of the Wycliffite Bible and the findings resulting from the study of Oxford copies. The catalogue also contains several appendices illustrating important features of the manuscripts.

A WYCLIFFITE BIBLE MADE FOR A NUN OF BARKING

January 2016
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Journal article
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Medium Ævum
43 History, Heritage and Archaeology, 47 Language, Communication and Culture, 4303 Historical Studies, 4705 Literary Studies

The Keys of Middle-earth: Discovering Medieval Literature Through the Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien

August 2015
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Book
A comprehensive introduction to the medieval languages and texts that inspired Tolkien's Middle-earth. Using key episodes in The Silmarillion , The Hobbit , and The Lord of the Rings , medieval texts are presented in their original language with translations. Essential for those who wish to delve deeper into the background to Tolkien's mythology.

Middle English

April 2014
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Chapter
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A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien
47 Language, Communication and Culture, 4705 Literary Studies

Latin Liturgical Psalters in the Bodleian Library: A Select Catalogue

December 2013
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Book

Manuscript Evidence for the Patronage, Ownership and Use of the Wycliffite Bible

May 2013
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Chapter
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Form and Function in the Late Medieval Bible
field of investigation, as is the link between material culture and religious practice, permeating the pages of Late Medieval Bibles. The information encoded in illumination and rubrics, readers' annotations and addenda can shed new light on ...
History

The Liturgical Psalter in Medieval Europe

February 2013
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Chapter
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Jewish and Christian Approaches to the Psalms Conflict and Convergence
This is one of the very few volumes on the psalms to incorporate scholarship from both these traditions for nearly a century, and the result is a rich celebration of these extraordinary ancient songs.
Literary Criticism

The Gough Map of Great Britain, digital edition and facsimile

January 2013
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Internet publication
<a href="http://www.goughmap.org/">http://www.goughmap.org/</a>

The Making and Re-making of the Gough Map of Britain: Manuscript Evidence and Historical Context

June 2012
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Journal article
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Imago Mundi
The results of a palaeographical and linguistic study of the Gough map demonstrate that although it was initially produced in the 1370s, the map was extensively revised not long thereafter. The pictorial features south of Hadrian's Wall were outlined in a darker ink and many place-names overwritten by a scribe who probably worked in the first thirty years of the fifteenth century. Discussion of the methods and scope of this revision is followed by an attempt to consider its historical context. The revision is most discernible in southeast England with virtually no changes made to Scotland, and only occasional changes made in Wales and the north of England. The reviser's focus on the south contrasts with the decision of the map's original makers to depict the whole island of Britain. This difference in approach raises questions about the ideological and political circumstances that made possible the original conception of the Gough map as a map of the whole island, and about an apparent decline of interest in or need for such a cartographic approach in the first decades of the fifteenth century. The original mapmaker's political outlook reflected the aspirations of the English kings in the late thirteenth and throughout the fourteenth centuries and the context of the Scottish wars of the period, whereas the different approach of the reviser may attest to changes in the political situation and ideology early in the fifteenth century. © 2012 Copyright 2012 Imago Mundi Ltd.

A Previously Unidentified Extract about the Litany in a Wycliffite Psalter

January 2011
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Journal article
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Bodleian Library Record

Before the King James Bible

January 2011
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Chapter
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Manifold Greatness: The Making of the King James Bible

Breviary

February 2010
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Chapter
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The Oxford Companion to the Book
The Oxford Companion to the Book is the first reference work of its kind covering the broad concept of the book throughout the world from ancient to modern times.
Antiques & Collectibles

Gradual

February 2010
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Chapter
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The Oxford Companion to the Book
The Oxford Companion to the Book is the first reference work of its kind covering the broad concept of the book throughout the world from ancient to modern times.
Antiques & Collectibles

Lectionary

February 2010
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Chapter
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The Oxford Companion to the Book
The Oxford Companion to the Book is the first reference work of its kind covering the broad concept of the book throughout the world from ancient to modern times.
Antiques & Collectibles

Missal

February 2010
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Chapter
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The Oxford companion to the book
The Oxford Companion to the Book is the first reference work of its kind covering the broad concept of the book throughout the world from ancient to modern times.
Antiques & Collectibles

Ordinal

February 2010
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Chapter
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The Oxford Companion to the Book
The Oxford Companion to the Book is the first reference work of its kind covering the broad concept of the book throughout the world from ancient to modern times.
Antiques & Collectibles

Penitential

February 2010
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Chapter
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The Oxford Companion to the Book
The Oxford Companion to the Book is the first reference work of its kind covering the broad concept of the book throughout the world from ancient to modern times.
Antiques & Collectibles

Pontifical

February 2010
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Chapter
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The Oxford Companion to the Book
The Oxford Companion to the Book is the first reference work of its kind covering the broad concept of the book throughout the world from ancient to modern times.
Antiques & Collectibles

Responsorial

February 2010
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Chapter
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The Oxford Companion to the Book
The Oxford Companion to the Book is the first reference work of its kind covering the broad concept of the book throughout the world from ancient to modern times.
Antiques & Collectibles

Ritual

February 2010
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Chapter
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The Oxford Companion to the Book
The Oxford Companion to the Book is the first reference work of its kind covering the broad concept of the book throughout the world from ancient to modern times.
Antiques & Collectibles

Alliteration and Prosody in Old and Middle English

January 2009
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Journal article
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Leeds Texts and Monographs: New Series

Languages, Myths and History: An Introduction to the Linguistic and Literary Background of J.R.R. Tolkien's Fiction

January 2009
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Book
Courage in literature

Medieval Psalters in the Gough Collection at the Bodleian Library, Oxford

January 2009
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Journal article
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Bodleian Library Record

Key Concepts in Medieval Literature

July 2007
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Book
Key Concepts in Accounting and Finance Key Concepts in Business Practice Key Concepts in Drama and ... Editors: John Peck and Martin Coyle Key Concepts in Contemporary Literature Key Concepts in Medieval Literature Key Concepts in&nbsp;...
Literary Criticism

Preliminary material

January 2007
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Chapter
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Social Dynamics in the Highlands of Southeast Asia

English Poetry of the Reign of Henry II

January 2006
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Chapter
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Writers of the Reign of Henry II
4705 Literary Studies, 36 Creative Arts and Writing, 43 History, Heritage and Archaeology, 47 Language, Communication and Culture, 4303 Historical Studies

Digital Edition of the Index of Middle English Verse

January 2005
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Internet publication
<a href="http://www.dimev.net/">http://www.dimev.net/</a>

The Keys of Middle-earth: Discovering Medieval Literature through the Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien

January 2005
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Book
© Stuart D. Lee and Elizabeth Solopova 2005. All rights reserved. The Keys of Middle-Earth uniquely introduces the reader to the world of Medieval Literature through the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien. Using key episodes in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, readers are taken back to the works of Old, Middle English and Old Norse literature that so influenced Tolkien. The original texts are presented with helpful new translations to help the reader approach the medieval poems and tales, and introductory essays draw on recent scholarship and Tolkien's own unpublished notes. Presenting a new era of Tolkien studies, this book will be of use to students (and teachers) of Medieval/Old English literature and general readers interested in the origins of Tolkien's most widely-known works.

The Survival of Chaucer’s Punctuation in the Early Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales

January 2001
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Chapter
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Middle English Poetry Texts and Traditions : Essays in Honour of Derek Pearsall
Material on the production and transmission of medieval literature and the early formation of the canon of English poetry.
Literary Collections

'Computer-assisted Study of Chaucer's Metre', Medieval English Measures

July 2000
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Journal article
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Parergon: Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Electronic Beowulf

January 2000
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Chapter

General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales on CD-ROM

January 2000
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Book

Layout, Punctuation and Stanza Patterns in Middle English Verse

January 2000
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Chapter
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Studies in the Harley Manuscript

Editing all Manuscripts of all the Canterbury Tales in Electronic Form: Is it Worthwhile?

January 1998
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Chapter
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New Ways of Looking at Old Texts: Papers of the Renaissance English Text Society, 1992-1996

Chaucer’s Metre and Scribal Editing in the Early Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales

January 1997
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Chapter
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The Canterbury Tales Project Occasional Papers
Manuscripts, Medieval

The Problem of Authorial Variants in the Wife in Bath’s Prologue

January 1997
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Chapter
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The Canterbury Tales Project Occasional Papers
Manuscripts, Medieval

Preliminary Material

January 1996
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Chapter
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Scepticism and the Foundation of Epistemology

The Metre of the Ormulum

January 1996
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Chapter
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Doubt Wisely: A Collection of Essays in Honour of Eric G. Stanley