A Study of the Tests and Language of Old English Judgement Day Homilies, with Special Reference to the Vercelli Tradition

在2003-2005年研究基金的帮助下，我完成了以下三件事：1.我已经编译了韦尔切利布道II和后来的布道的平行文本，部分借鉴了它的组成（韦尔切利XXI，Fadda X和纳皮耶XL），如唐纳德斯拉格和其他人所确定的。平行文本，显示在单页上的平行列，也存储在计算机的形式，使我们能够看到，快速和全面的通道，后来的说教者借用韦尔切利II和他们如何适应他们使用在自己的工作。2.三个相关的复合讲道，纳皮耶XL是特别重要的，因为它有四个不同的文本。我已经转录了其中之一（保存在MS哈顿114，fols。1 R-4V）afresh从缩微胶片的原始手稿，生产的第一个完整的文本版本的说教出现在打印。这一新文本忠实于原始手稿文本，有望为纳皮耶XL和大规模的审判日布道传统的语言学和文学研究提供可靠的基础。3.利用平行文本和纳皮耶XL的新文本，我对韦尔切利II和后来的三篇匿名布道进行了语言学研究，看看后者是如何用自己的方法和途径来改造源的内容和语言，特别是句法和风格，产生自己的新作品，而不是模仿的作品。研究的结果包括一篇文章“晚期古英语审判日讲道：第十和第十一世纪的韦尔切利传统”，我已经完成，并希望在不久的将来出版。

With the aid of the research grant for 2003-2005, I have finished the following three things for my project :1.I have compiled parallel texts of Vercelli Homily II and the later homilies that draw in part upon it for composition (Vercelli XXI, Fadda X and Napier XL), as identified by Donald Scragg and others. The parallel texts, displayed in parallel column on single pages and also stored in computerized form, enable us to see, quickly and comprehensively, which passages the later homilists borrowed from Vercelli II and how they adapted them for use in their own works.2.Of the three relevant composite homilies, Napier XL is particularly important, because it has four variant texts. I have transcribed one of these (preserved in MS Hatton 114, fols. 1r-4v) afresh from the microfilm of the original manuscript, producing the first complete text of the version of the homily to appear in print. This new text is faithful to the original manuscript text and will hopefully provide a reliable basis for linguistic and literary studies of Napier XL and the Vercelli tradition of the Judgement Day homilies at large.3.Using the parallel texts and the new text of Napier XL, I have made a linguistic study of Vercelli II and the three later anonymous homilies, to see how these latter used their own methods and approach in reworking the contents and language, syntax and style in particular, of the source, producing new works of their own rather than works of imitation. The results of the study include an article ‘Late Old English Judgement Day Homilies : The Vercelli Tradition in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries', which I have finished and hope to publish in the near future.