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Texts and Traditions of Medieval Pastoral Care. Essays in Honour of Bella Millett

glosses show close parallels with the OEBo and the editors assume that the author of the OEBo must have had a manuscript containing an early version of this commentary tradition (seeing as the manuscripts all post-date the composition of the OEBo). In line with the restraint of the editors throughout the introduction, they should have kept open the possibility that the OEBo may have influenced the glosses in these manuscripts, rather than vice versa; especially since the editors remark on Volume I, page 71 that, in English monasteries, the Old English version was probably read as a complement to the Latin original. The final shortcoming of this edition has to do with the user friendliness of the translation and the commentary in Volume Two. The translations lack line numbers which correspond to the Old English texts, making them less useful for finding the translation of single passages or lines one is interested in. The commentary, finally, could have been improved by adding the translation of the cited Latin lines from the original and the early medieval commentary. Overall, Godden and Irvine, as experienced editors, have definitely succeeded in showing their skill with this edition of the OEBo. It sets the standard for future editions of medieval texts, not in the least by illustrating how detailed and thorough an edition of a text can (and should) be. With the much-cited words of the author of the OEBo in mind, then, we can only conclude that Godden and Irvine were the right tools, provided with the proper material.