Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Legal Code of �lfred the Great: Edited With an Introduction
The selection and arrangement of texts and variant readings are explained on pp. 24 - 5. In the anglo-saxon texts the use of italics indicates the completing of the ordinary abbreviations, or an insertion from some other text, the only kind of emendation that the ed. Has permitted himself. In the Vulgate text italics designate words not translated. In the variant readings every accented word is included, though the basic text may have an accent as well. On the other hand, the want of an accent found in the basic text does not constitute a variant reading. Furthermore, in making up the lists of variants no regard has heen paid to such unmeaning differences as those between I? And 5, an abbreviated and a complete word, or a large and a small letter. A number of words together in the variants indicates generally a deviation in their order, rarely a word added or substituted. 'vac' indicates a word wanting, a hyphen often designates an erasure within or at the end of a word, 'above' or 'ab'. Points to an insertion above the line. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
