'Computus Games:' Language games and heavenly context in the Bern and Exeter Book Riddles,' Leeds International Medieval Congress (IMC)

Description

Conference paper, Leeds International Medieval Congress 2016. Also given under different title at Royal Holloway Old English Reading Group Conference 2016.

This paper explored a number of astronomical riddles in Old English and Latin by using Wittgenstein's notion of 'form of life' and 'family resemblances.'

A copy of the paper is available on request. The slide-show is available below.

Period	7 Jul 2016
Event type	Conference