Aldred's interlinear gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels (London British Library MS Cotton Nero
D.IV) is one of the most substantial representatives of the Old English variety known as late
Old Northumbrian. Although it has received a great deal of attention in the past two centuries
there are still numerous issues which remain unresolved. The papers in this collection approach
the gloss from a variety of perspectives - language cultural milieu palaeography
glossography - in order to shed light on many of these issues such as the authorship of the
gloss the morphosyntax and vocabulary of the dialect(s) it represents its sources and
relationship to the Rushworth Gospels and Aldred's cultural and religious affiliations.
Because of its breadth of coverage the collection will be of interest and great value to
scholars in the fields of Anglo-Saxon studies and English historical linguistics.
