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NOTE1849

WHAT BOOKS DID OTLOH WRITE?

By S. W. SINGER. (Mickleham)

Sir,—In Dr. Maitland's able vindication of the *Dark Ages* (p. 419. 1st ed.), he concludes his interesting extract from the scribe Otloh's account of himself by saying:—"One would like to know what books they were which Otlohnus thus multiplied; but this, perhaps, is now impossible." I have it accidentally in my power to identify two at least of the number; and if it was his universal practice to subscribe his name, as he does in these instances, a search into the principal repositories of MSS. would, no doubt, give a large list. A valuable MS. volume in my possession has been thus described b…

Topics: Medieval Manuscripts, Hagiography, Benedictine Monasticism, Historical Narratives

Locations: Francia, Treves, Fulda, Ratisbon, France