Ælfrician Homilies and Varia – Editions, Translations, and Commentary, 2 Volume Set: Anglo-Saxon Texts

VOLUME I Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Sigla for Cited Ælfrician Manuscripts Dates for Cited Ælfrician Works Editorial Conventions Conventions Used in the Commentaries HOMILIES The Proper of the Season 1. Christmas: Sermo in natale Domini et de ratione anime ('A Sermon on the Lord's Nativity and the Nature of the Soul') 2. Christmas: In natali Domini ('On the Lord's Nativity') 3. Friday after the Fourth Sunday in Lent: Erat quidam languens Lazarus ('There was a certain sick man, Lazarus' [John 11.1-45]) Lazarus I Lazarus II Lazarus III 4. Friday after the Fifth Sunday in Lent: Collegerunt ergo pontifices ('The chief priests therefore gathered' [John 11.47-54]) 5. Third Sunday after Easter: Modicum et iam non uidebitis me ('A little while and then you will not see me' [John 16.16-22]) 6. Third Sunday after Easter: Be ðam Seofanfealdan Ungifa ('Concerning the Sevenfold Evil Gifts') The Proper of the Saints 7. Assumption of Mary (15 August): De sancta uirginitate, uel de tribus ordinibus castitatis ('Concering Holy Virginity, or Concerning the Three Orders of Chastity') 8. Nativity of Mary (8 September): Natiuitas sanctae Mariae uirginis ('The Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary') VOLUME II HOMILIES The Common of the Saints 9. A Confessor: Sermo in natale unius confessoris ('A Sermon for the Feast-day of a Confessor') 10.Dedication of a Church: Sermo in dedicatione æcclesiæ ('A Sermon for the Dedication of a Church') Unspecified occasions 11.Esto consentiens aduersario ('Be in agreement with your adversary' [Matthew 5.25]) 12.Menn Behofiað Godre Lare ('People Need Good Teaching') Appendix 1: Læwede Menn Behofiað Godre Lare ('Lay People Need Good Teaching') Appendix 2: Et hoc scientes tempus ('And [do] this, knowing the time' [Romans 13.11]) 13.De uirginitate ('Concerning Virginity') 14.De creatore et creatura ('Concerning the Creator and Creation') 15.De sex etatibus huius seculi('Concerning the Six Ages of the World') VARIA 16.De septiformi spiritu ('Concerning the Sevenfold Spirit') 17.Be þam Halgan Gaste ('Concerning the Holy Spirit') 18.De cogitatione('Concerning Thinking') 19.In quadragesima, de penitentia ('In Lent, concerning Penitence') Appendix 1: Gelyfst Ðu on God ('Do you believe in God') Appendix 2: Læwedum Mannum is to Witane ('The Laity are to Know') Appendix 3: Se Hælend Crist ('Christ the Savior') 20.Læwedum Mannum is to Witenne('The Laity are to Know') 21. Gebedu on Englisc ('Prayers in English') 22. Se Læssa Creda('The Shorter Creed') [Apostles' Creed] 23. Mæsse Creda('The Mass Creed') [Nicene Creed] 24. Pater noster('The Lord's Prayer') Works Cited Index