id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt d504rj45t1j Christopher R. J. Scheirer Written in Stone: The Roman Epigraphic Tradition and Anglo-Saxon Literature 1904 .txt text/plain 320 10 37 This dissertation explores the transmission and reception of Roman epigraphic poetry in early-medieval England, using intensive source-study analysis to demonstrate its profound influence on native Anglo-Saxon literary culture. The dissertation also shows how Roman verse inscriptions not only influenced works composed by Anglo-Saxon authors in Latin, but also infiltrated their vernacular poetry in significant ways. cache/d504rj45t1j.txt txt/d504rj45t1j.txt