Bede's Reputation as an Historian in Medieval England

1981-10-01articleThe Journal of Ecclesiastical History84 citationsclosed

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Medieval Literature and History Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books Historical and Religious Studies of Rome

Abstract

TheHand-List of Bede Manuscriptsby M. L. W. Laistner and H. H. King is not definitive, since it is based partly on the evidence of catalogues and other printed material and not on the manuscripts themselves. However, it provides a useful rough guide. It lists approximately 160 surviving manuscripts of theHistoria Ecdesiastica. Laistner constructed a table showing the percentage of the total number copied in each century:

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