Excerpt from The Anglo-Saxon Version of the Hexameron of St. Basil: Or, Be Lodes Six Dala Weorcum and the Saxon Reamins of St. Basil's Ethelwold's promotion to the see of Winchester, ad. 963, (see Florentins Vigorniensis, ) [elfric accompanies him, and during his residence in that city, appears to have been diligent in studying the Latin language, and the works of the fathers of the Church. Whilst here he is supposed to have composed his Glossary, and the Colloquia puer orum, which was afterwards enlarged and re-edited by ...
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Excerpt from The Anglo-Saxon Version of the Hexameron of St. Basil: Or, Be Lodes Six Dala Weorcum and the Saxon Reamins of St. Basil's Ethelwold's promotion to the see of Winchester, ad. 963, (see Florentins Vigorniensis, ) [elfric accompanies him, and during his residence in that city, appears to have been diligent in studying the Latin language, and the works of the fathers of the Church. Whilst here he is supposed to have composed his Glossary, and the Colloquia puer orum, which was afterwards enlarged and re-edited by his namesake ielfric Bata. He also translated from the Latin into the Saxon language at the request of Ethelweard the eal derman of Cornwall, most of the historical books of the Old Testament, viz., the Pentateuch, Joshua, Judges, part of the book of Kings, Esther, and (afterwards to encourage. The people to bear up manfully against the invasions of the Danes) the books of Judith and Maccabees. The greater part of these works (maccabees and Esther excepted) are extant in our libraries at the present time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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