UID:
almafu_9960119383102883
Format:
1 online resource (x, 201 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-78204-191-5
Series Statement:
Anglo-Saxon Texts
Uniform Title:
Works. Selections.
Content:
The texts edited in this volume are ©†lfric's vernacular versions of two highly influential early medieval ethical treatises. The first, De duodecim abusiuis, is his Old English version of a seventh-century Hiberno-Latin tract dealing with the twelve abuses of the world. The second, De octo uitiis et de duodecim abusiuis, is a composite text; it combines a treatment of the eight vices and the complementary eight virtues, also found as the last part of ©†lfric's Lives of Saints XVI, with the twelve abuses. The main source for the virtues and vices is Alcuin's ninth-century De uirtutibus et uitiis. Both texts were composed in ©†lfric's hallmark rhythmical, alliterative prose. This new edition provides, for the first time, critical editions of both texts, with a facing translation, presented with full apparatus; it also includes an extensive discussion of the sources and how they are treated. Mary Clayton is Professor of Old and Middle English, University College Dublin.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
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De duodecimo abusiuis -- De octo uitiis et de duodecimo abusiuis.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84384-360-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781782041917
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