Illustrations of Damnation in Late Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts

Semple, S.J.

doi:10.1017/s0263675103000115

Illustrations of Damnation in Late Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts

Semple, S.J.

Authors

Professor Sarah Semple s.j.semple@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

This paper interprets a group of innovative illustrations from the eleventh century English manuscript, the Harley Psalter, in the context of textual, documentary, place-name and archaeological evidence for an uniquely late Anglo-Saxon conception of barrows, ancient monuments and deviant burial places as places of damnation and hellish torment.

Citation

Semple, S. (2003). Illustrations of Damnation in Late Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts. Anglo-Saxon England, 32, 231-245. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263675103000115

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Dec 1, 2003
Deposit Date	Apr 8, 2009
Publicly Available Date	Mar 31, 2010
Journal	Anglo-Saxon England
Print ISSN	0263-6751
Electronic ISSN	1474-0532
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	32
Pages	231-245
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263675103000115
Keywords	Manuscript illumination, Landscape, Monuments, Execution, Hell, Damnation.

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