Canterbury Glosses from the School of Theodore and Hadrian

The Leiden Glossary

By (author) Michael Lapidge

Book cover: Canterbury Glosses from the School of Theodore and Hadrian

Extent: 824 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Medieval Studies, Religious Studies, Social Sciences 

Series: Publications of the Journal of Medieval Latin

Series volume number: 17

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(November 2023)

ISBN: 9782503608587

Price: $169.00

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A new and fully annotated edition of the ‘Leiden Glossary’, a key text for understanding the achievements and learning of the famous Canterbury school of the late seventh century


The ‘Leiden Glossary’ provides a record of the understanding and interpretation of the patristic and grammatical texts studied at the Canterbury School of Theodore and Hadrian, regarded by Bede as the high point of Christian culture in early medieval England. Each entry in the ‘Leiden Glossary’ is provided with detailed commentary on the sources consulted by the two Canterbury masters (earlier glossaries; Isidore; Eucherius) and the later uses of the glossary by compilers of the Epinal-Erfurt and Corpus glossaries. The ‘Leiden Glossary’ is thus a key witness to one of the greatest schools of learning in the early Middle Ages.

  • By (author) Michael Lapidge