The Homilies of Aelfric, Vol. 1 Part 1 (1843)
London: Printed for the Aelfric Society, 1843. First Printing. Wraps. This volume only. 8vo, 8.75 x 6 inches, softcover, in publisher's cream-yellow wraps, good with some light restoration along spine, light soil to covers, text clean, bright and unmarked. 112 pp, publisher's ads. Starting in 990 at the abbey of Cerne in Dorset, Aelfric began the two series of his English homilies, compiled from the Christian fathers, and dedicated to Sigeric, Archbishop of Canterbury, and completed them in 994. (The series were edited by Benjamin Thorpe and published in 1843–1846 for the Aelfric Society and edited more recently by Malcolm Godden and Peter Clemoes for the Early English Text Society.) This volume contains preface both in Latin and English, plus the sermon on the beginning of creation, sermon on the nativity of our Lord, the passion of Saint Stephen, Protom., the assumption of St. John the apostle, the nativity of the innocents, the octaves and circumcision of our Lord, and the epiphany of the Lord. Good. Item #H35375
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