The Homilies of Aelfric, Vol. 2 Part 7 (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, very good, light wear and soil 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 in Lent, Saint Gregory the great, Pope of Rome, the deposition of Saint Cuthbehrt, Bishop, Saint Benedict, Abbott, and Midlent Sunday. Very good. Item #H35380
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