The Homilies of Aelfric, Vol. 2 Part 6 (1845)
London: Printed for the Aelfric Society, 1845. First Printing. Wraps. This volume only. The second of Aelfric's two sets of homilies commences with Part 6. 8vo, 8.75 x 6 inches, softcover, in publisher's cream-yellow wraps, good with some waterstaining to spine and edges of covers, some moderate waterstaining and wear to rear cover, 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 short preface by Thorpe plus the nativity of the Lord, the nativity of Saint Stephen Protomartyr, sermon on the Lords epiphany, the second Sunday after the Lords epiphany, Suptuagesima Sunday, Sextagesima Sunday, and the first Sunday in Lent. Good. Item #H35379
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