Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 6 MS D

`Ranks among the best work on the vernacular texts undertaken this century. In its clarity of thought and expression it is a model to emulate.' MEDIUM AEVUM G.P. Cubbin's important introduction accompanying this edition argues for <I>MS D</I>having been created in about 1060 by copying two other <I>Chronicle</I>-manuscripts thus reducing the number of versions of the <I>Chronicle</I>to three and simplifying issues of interrelationship. Strong evidence is produced for the work being carriedout in or near Worcester; and another new and unexpected finding is that <I>D</I> itself became the source of other versions of the <I>Chronicle</I>for the mid-eleventh century. Linguistic analysis considers unusual features of the manuscript and supports the new history presented here.<BR>Dr <I>G.P. CUBBIN</I>is Lecturer in German at the University of Cambridge.