The Anglo-Saxon version of the Hexameron of St. Basil, or, Be Godes six daga weorcum. And the Anglo-Saxon remains of St. Basil's Admonitio ad filium spiritualem /
Now first printed from mss. in the Bodleian Library, with a translation, notes, and an account of the presumed author, Aelfric, by the Rev. Henry W. Norman ...

Description

Main Author: Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
Related Names: Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379.
Norman, Henry W. (Henry Wilkins), 1822?-1849, ed.
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
Language(s): English ; English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
Published: London : J. R. Smith ; 1849.
Edition: 2d ed. greatly enlarged.
Subjects: Bede, > Bede, / the Venerable, Saint, > Bede, / the Venerable, Saint, / 673-735
Basil, > Basil, / Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, > Basil, / Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, / approximately 329-379
Basil, > Basil, / Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, > Basil, / Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, / approximately 329-379
Bede, > Bede, / the Venerable, Saint, > Bede, / the Venerable, Saint, / 673-735
Note: The Exameron anglice (p. 1-29) according to S. J. Crawford (cf. his edition in Grein and Wülker's Bibliothek der angelsächsischen prosa, bd. x, 1921) is "not a translation of the Hexameron of St. Basil", but drawn from various sources, mainly Beda. The Admonitio ad filium spiritualem (p. [31]-57) is a free translation from St. Basil, also by Aelfric.
Physical Description: xx, 57 p. ; 23 cm.
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