An Annotated Bibliography of Printed and Online Primary Sources for the Middle Ages

Clemoes, Peter, ed.; Godden, Malcolm, ed., Aelfric’s Catholic Homilies (Oxford: Oxford UP (EETS First Series Text no. 17), 1997).

Text name(s):

Number of pages of primary source text: 358

Medieval Author(s): Aelfric

Dates: 990 - 1020

Archival Reference:

Original Language(s): English - Anglo-Saxon / Old English;

Translation: Original language included.

Translation Comments:

Geopolitical Region(s): England;

County/Region: Eynsham; Oxfordshire; Abingdon

Record Type(s):
 Sermons
 Subject Heading(s):
 Clergy - Monks, Nuns, Friars
Monasticism
Philosophy / Theology
Piety
Saints

Apparatus: Index Introduction

Comments:

Aelfric of Eynsham (c. 955-c.1010) was a prolific writer of homilies and hagiographies and was abbot of Abigdon abbey. The Anglo-Saxon text of his homilies is contained in this volume, which presents them in three volumes: the first and second contain the texts of Aelfric’s homilies, and the third includes commentary on the text.

Introduction Summary:

The editors’ lengthy (173 pp) introduction provides a thorough discussion of the manuscripts in which the text of the homilies survives, considering each manuscript in detail. The editor also notes the six phases in which Aelfric worked on his homilies, three of revision, and three of supplementation and reorganization, presenting the manuscript evidence for each phase. He also includes stemma to explain his conclusions about the relationships between manuscripts.

Cataloger: MCB