This book is now a standard reference work for students of Old English, since it covers all the important Latin material connected with Anglo-Saxon poetry, and only omits analogues of a relatively slight nature or substantially later in date, excerpts from the Bible and material for "Beowulf" and "Guthlac" (already in print). Most of the texts translated here are difficult of access and often of considerable linguistic difficulty; thus both undergraduates and scholars will find their presentation in one volume extremely useful. Each extract or series of extracts has a preface which summarises the state of knowledge about the poem's relationship to its sources, and these together with information in the appendix constitute a full bibliography. It is extremely good value, offering translations of nearly a hundred separate Latin texts, including riddles. The scholarship throughout is of a high order, and the translations are excellent, both scrupulous and unstilted
Author(s): Michael J. B. Allen, Daniel G. Calder (transl.)
Publisher: D. S. Brewer
Year: 1976
Language: English
Pages: XVIII+236
City: Cambridge
Preface xiii
Abbreviations xvii
I. Genesis 1
Alcimus Avitus, Five Books of Poetry on the Events in Moses' History
Book II, Original Sin 5
Book III, God's Sentence 12
II. Andreas 14
The Acts of Andrew and Matthew among the Cannibals (Casanatensis) 15
III. The Fates of the Apostles 35
A. Concerning Places Associated with the Apostles 37
B. The Breviary of the Apostles 37
IV. Soul and Body I and II 40
A. Nonantola Version 41
B. Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 49 44
C. Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 58 48
V. The Dream of the Rood 51
A. Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon IV 53
B. 1. Venantius Fortunatus, The King's Banners 53
2. Venantius Fortunatus, Sing, Tongue 54
C. Antiphon of the Magnificat for the Feast of the Invention of the Cross 55
D. 1. Eusebius, Riddle 17: Cross 55
2. Tatwine, Riddle 9: Christ's Cross 56
E. The Passion of Saint Andrew the Apostle 56
F. Ambrose, An Exposition of the Gospel according to Luke 57
VI. Elene 59
A. The Acts of Saint Cyriacus 60
B. The Life of Abraham the Hermit 68
VII. Christ I 70
Advent Antiphons of the Magnificat (Lyrics I-VII) 73
Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 195 74
Advent Antiphons of the Magnificat (Lyrics VIII-XI) 76
Common Preface to the Sanctus; the Sanctus and Benedictus 76
Advent Antiphons of the Magnificat (Lyric XII) 77
VIII. Christ II 78
A. Gregory, Forty Homilies on the Gospels: Homily 29 79
B. Rede, On the Lord's Ascension 81
IX. Christ III 84
A. General Sources and Analogues 85
1. Ephraem Syrus, The Day of Judgment 86
2. The Day of Judgment (Alphabetic Hymn) 94
B. Specific Sources and Analogues 96
1. Gregory, Moralia or an Exposition of Job 96
2. Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 155 97
3. Gregory, Forty Homilies on the Gospels: Homily 10 99
4. Augustine, On the Trinity 99
5. Gregory, Forty Homilies on the Gospels: Homily 40 100
6. Caesarius of Arles, Sermon 58 101
7. Caesarius of Arles, Sermon 57 105
8. Prudentius, Liber Cathemerinon, 6: A Hymn before Sleep 106
9. Pseudo-Bede, A Collection 107
X. Guthlac 108
Felix of Crowland, The Life of Saint Guthlac 109
XI. The Phoenix 113
A. Lactantius, The Phoenix 114
B. Ambrose, Hexameron 118
C. Physiologus, The Phoenix 119
XII. Juliana 121
The Acts [of Saint Juliana] by an anonymous author 122
XIII. The Elegies 133
A. Christian Latin Poems
1. Columbanus, Verses to Hunaldus 134
2. Columbanus, A Poem on the World's Mutability 135
3. Venantius Fortunatus, The Destruction of Thuringia 137
4. Alcuin, The Sack of the Monastery at Lindisfarne 141
B. Latin Homilies
1. Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 68 146
2. Caesarius of Arles, Sermon 151 149
XIV. The Gifts of Men 154
Haymo of Auxerre, Several Homilies on the Saints, IX 155
XV. Physiologus 156
A. The Panther 157
B. The Whale 160
C. The Partridge 161
XVI. Riddles 162
A. 1. Pseudo-Symphosius 1: Cuckoo 163
B. 1. Symphosius 56: Soldier's Boot 163
2. Aldhelm 83: Bullock 163
3. Eusebius 37: Calf 164
C. 1. Eusebius 30: Inkhorn 164
D. 1. Symphosius 61: Anchor 164
E. 1. Aldhelm 53: Arcturus 164
F. 1. Aldhelm 32: Writing-Tablets 165
2. Aldhelm 59: Quill 165
3. Tatwine 5: Parchment 166
4. Tatwine 6: Quill 166
5. Eusebius 32: Parchment 166
6. Eusebius 35: Quill 166
G. 1. Symphosius 20: Tortoise-Lyre 167
H. 1. Aldhelm 33: Breastplate 167
I. 1. Aldhelm 84: Pregnant Sow 167
J. 1. Symphosius 73: Bellows 167
K. 1. Aldhelm 100: Creation 168
L. (Soul and Body) 170
M. 1. Symphosius 16: Bookworm 170
N. 1. Aldhelm 55: Chrismal 170
O. 1. Aldhelm 89: Bookcase 171
P. (See Item F.) 171
Q. 1. Aldhelm 86: The Ram 171
R. 1. Symphosius 71: Well 171
2. Symphosius 72: Wooden Water-pipe 172
S. 1. Symphosius 2: Reed 172
T. 1. Aldhelm 80: Glass Wine-cup 172
U. 1. Symphosius 44: Onion 172
V. 1. Symphosius 92: Money 173
W. 1. Aldhelm 29: Water 173
2. Aldhelm 73: ASpring 173
X. 1. Symphosius 12: River and Fish 173
Y. 1. Symphosius 95: One-eyed Garlic Seller 174
Z. 1. Symphosius 4: Key 174
XVII. The Descent into Hell 175
The Second Part of The Gospel of Nicodemus 177
XVIII. The Battle of Maldon 187
A. MS F of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 188
B. The Life of Saint Oswald 188
C. 1. Florence of Worcester, The Chronicle of Chronicles 189
2. Simeon of Durham, The History of the Kings 189
D. Henry of Huntingdon, The History of the English 190
E. The Ely Book 190
XIX. The Battle of Brunanburh 193
A. MS F of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 194
B. The Nero Chronicle 194
C. The Vitellius Chronicle 195
D. Aethelweard, Chronicle 195
E. Florence of Worcester, The Chronicle of Chronicles 195
F. 1. Simeon of Durham, The History of the Church of Durham 196
2. Simeon of Durham, The History of the Kings 196
G. 1. William of Malmesbury, The History of the English Kings 197
2. William of Malmesbury, The Deeds of the English Bishops 199
H. Henry of Huntingdon, The History of the English 200
I. John of Fordun, The Chronicle of the Scottish Nation 202
J. Annals of Ulster 203
XX. Durham 204
Alcuin, Verses on the Fathers, Kings and Saints of the Church of York 205
XXI. Judgment Day II 208
Bede, The Day of Judgment 208
XXII. The Metrical Charms 213
A. The Prayer of Mother Earth 214
B. Latin Bee Charm 215
C. The Lorica of Gildas 215
Appendix I 219
Notes on Additional Latin Sources and Analogues
Appendix II 235
The Old Saxon Genesis
