Biographia Britannica Literaria: Anglo-Saxon periodJ.W. Parker, 1842 - Anglo-Norman literature |
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... bishop ; " and on one occasion he asks the abbess Eadburga to cause a copy of the Gospels to be written magnificently in letters of gold , and sent to him in Germany , that his converts there might be impressed with a proper reverence ...
... bishop ; " and on one occasion he asks the abbess Eadburga to cause a copy of the Gospels to be written magnificently in letters of gold , and sent to him in Germany , that his converts there might be impressed with a proper reverence ...
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... bishop Egbert , was soon famous throughout Christendom . Egbert taught there Latin , Greek , and Hebrew ; and the vast collection of books , which had been amassed by him and his predecessors , afforded great facility to literary ...
... bishop Egbert , was soon famous throughout Christendom . Egbert taught there Latin , Greek , and Hebrew ; and the vast collection of books , which had been amassed by him and his predecessors , afforded great facility to literary ...
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... Bishop Asser , one of Alfred's chosen friends , was employed to turn the original text of Boethius " into plainer words , " " a necessary labour in those days , " says William of Malmsbury , " although at present ( in the 12th century ) ...
... Bishop Asser , one of Alfred's chosen friends , was employed to turn the original text of Boethius " into plainer words , " " a necessary labour in those days , " says William of Malmsbury , " although at present ( in the 12th century ) ...
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... bishop of Sherburn , in 883 , to India to visit the scene of the labours of St. Thomas and St. Bartholomew ; and Sighelm not only reached in safety this distant land , but he brought back with him many of its productions , and ...
... bishop of Sherburn , in 883 , to India to visit the scene of the labours of St. Thomas and St. Bartholomew ; and Sighelm not only reached in safety this distant land , but he brought back with him many of its productions , and ...
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... Bishop Gibson , Thwaites , Rawlinson , Hickes , and his niece Elizabeth Elstob . In 1689 , Hickes published the first Anglo - Saxon Grammar , a book containing , as might naturally be expected , many errors , which later discoveries ...
... Bishop Gibson , Thwaites , Rawlinson , Hickes , and his niece Elizabeth Elstob . In 1689 , Hickes published the first Anglo - Saxon Grammar , a book containing , as might naturally be expected , many errors , which later discoveries ...
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