The Homilies of Aelfric, Vol. 1 Part 4 (1844)
London: Printed for the Aelfric Society, 1844. First Printing. Wraps. This volume only. 8vo, 8.75 x 6 inches, softcover, in publisher's cream-yellow wraps, very good with light soil and wear to covers, text clean, bright and unmarked. 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 a continuation of the second Sunday after Pentecost, the fourth Sunday after Pentecost, the nativity of St. John the Baptist, of the passion of the apostles Peter and Paul, the nativity of Saint Paul the apostle, the 11th Sunday after Pentecost, the passion of the blessed martyr Lawrence, and on the assumption of the blessed Mary. Very good. Item #H35377
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