Byrhtferth
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Almost nothing is known of Byrhtferth's life except that he was a monk who lived at Ramsey Abbey most of his life. Most of his writing is believed to have been produced sometime between 988 to perhaps as late as 1015 or 1016 but these dates are not certain.
In addition to Handboc and Manual at least two other of his works are known to still exist, Computus and Enchiridion. Computus is a work concerning various aspects of time and the natural world. Enchiridion is a work integrating computus and numerology written in Latin and Old English. Additionally, two biographies are attributed to him, The Life of Oswald, founder of Ramsey Abbey and The Life of Ecgwini. These last two are attributed to him on the basis of his writing style.
[edit] Sources
- Peter S. Baker and Nicholas Howe, eds. Words and Works: Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature in Honour of Fred C Robinson(Toronto:University of Toronto Press, 1998). Pp. x, 310; ill. ISBN 0-8020-4153-1
- P. Baker and M. Lapidge, eds., Byrhtferth's Enchiridion, Early English Text Society, Supplementary Series, 15 (Oxford, 1995)
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