A few years ago, I wrote a post about some preliminary experiments I ran using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology on medieval manuscripts. Fortunately, after I wrote that up, I had quite a bit of feedback from others who had used OCR with older printed books, and with languages like Latin and Greek. At one … Continue reading Forthcoming: “Modelling Medieval Hands: Practical OCR for Caroline Minuscule”
Category: Articles
Forthcoming: “A History of the Study of Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England”
I'm pleased to say that I have an article forthcoming in the December issue of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion, titled "A History of the Study of Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England." I was invited to submit this contribution because of the publication of my recent book, Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England. In my article … Continue reading Forthcoming: “A History of the Study of Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England”
Forthcoming: “The Fifteen Signs before Judgment in Anglo-Saxon England: A Reassessment”
My article on "The Fifteen Signs before Judgment in Anglo-Saxon England: A Reassessment" is set to appear in JEGP later this year, after several years of working on the piece on and off. As I've mentioned before, the Fifteen Signs legend fascinates me, and I've revisited it at different times since I first came across it in graduate school. This … Continue reading Forthcoming: “The Fifteen Signs before Judgment in Anglo-Saxon England: A Reassessment”
Forthcoming: “The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, the Rule of the Master, and the Rule of Benedict”
For anyone who follows my blog, or my Twitter account, it's obvious that the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew has been a major part of my research life over the last year and a half or so. (You can read more about other aspects of my work on Pseudo-Matthew here.) While I've been working on a new translation of … Continue reading Forthcoming: “The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, the Rule of the Master, and the Rule of Benedict”
Ælfric’s Genesis and Bede’s Commentarius in Genesim
My article “Ælfric’s Genesis and Bede’s Commentarius in Genesim” has been accepted for publication in Medium Ævum, forthcoming within the next year. In this article, I suggest that one contributing factor to Ælfric’s decision to stop translating Genesis halfway through (at chapter 22) is his knowledge of and use of Bede’s Commentarius in Genesim, which also concludes after the … Continue reading Ælfric’s Genesis and Bede’s Commentarius in Genesim
Psalm 151 in Anglo-Saxon England (forthcoming in RES)
My article "Psalm 151 in Anglo-Saxon England" has been accepted for publication in the Review of English Studies. This essay presents the first sustained examination of the apocryphal psalm in early England, focusing on manuscript witnesses and the two extant Old English gloss translations. Below are the abstract and introduction to the article. The Psalms were a central aspect of … Continue reading Psalm 151 in Anglo-Saxon England (forthcoming in RES)
Brandon W. Hawk 