Warner, Rubie D.-N., ed., Early English Homilies from the Twelfth-Century MS. Vespasian D. xiv (Early English Text Society Original Series 152, 1917 [Rpt. 1998]). ISBN: 859918939
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Text name(s): Homilies

Number of pages of primary source text: 149

Medieval Author(s): Aelfric

Dates: 980 - 1020

Archival Reference: MS. Vespasian D. xiv

Original Language(s): English - Middle English;

Translation: Original language included.

Translation Comments:

Geopolitical Region(s): England;

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Comments:

Ælfric of Eynsham was an abbot and prolific writer of devotional and didactic material – more of his works survive than any other Old English author. This series of 50 homilies, preserved in a twelfth-century manuscript, focuses on the events of the liturgical year.

Introduction Summary:

2 pages of introductory material. Another volume containing more information (an introduction, notes, and glossary) was to have been published, but was never printed. The material here simply outlines the alterations made by the editor, as well as a dedication.

Cataloger: MK; KML