A Saxon treatise concerning the Old and New Testament. Written about the time of King Edgar (700 yeares agoe) by Ælfricus Abbas, thought to be the same that was afterward Archbishop of Canterburie. ... Now first published in print with English of our times, by William L'isle of Wilburgham ... the originall remaining still to be seene in Sr Robert Cottons librarie, at the end of this lesser copie of the Saxon Pentateuch. And hereunto is added out of the homilies and epistles of the fore-said Ælfricus, a second edition of A testimonie of antiquitie, &c ...

Author/creator Aelfric
Other author Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
Other author Lisle, William, 1579?-1637.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : Printed by Iohn Hauiland for Henrie Seile, dwelling in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Tygers head, 1623.
Description[61], 43, 43, [20], 14, 14, [25] p.
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Uniform titleSelections
Variant title Here follovveth the words of Elfrike Abbot of S. Albons.
Variant title Here followeth the words of Elfrike Abbot fo S. Albons.
Variant title Lords Prayer, the Creed, and the Ten commandments in the Saxon and English tongue.
Variant title That S. Paul, Simon Zelotes, and Ioseph of Arimathea preached the word here in Britanie.
Variant title That S. Paul, Simon Zelotes, and Joseph of Arimathea preached the word here in Britanie.
Variant title Sermon of the Paschall Lambe, and of the sacramental body and bloud of Christ our Sauiour.
Variant title Sermon of the Paschall Lambe, and of the sacramental body and bloud of Christ our Saviour.
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteParallel Anglo-Saxon and English texts.
General noteSignatures: pi² [par.]⁴ a-f⁴ A-V⁴.
General noteDuplicate pagination.
General note"A testimony of antiquitie" and "A sermon of the Paschall Lambe, and of the sacramental body and bloud of Christ our Sauiour" have separately dated title pages; "Here follovveth the words of Elfrike Abbot of S. Albons" and "The Lords Prayer, the Creed, and the Ten commandements in the Saxon and English tongue" have divisional titles; register is continuous.
General noteCaption title, p. A1r, reads: That S. Paul, Simon Zelotes, and Ioseph of Arimathea preached the word here in Britanie.
General note"A testimony of antiquitie" was first printed separately by John Day ca. 1566.
General noteThe last leaf is blank.
General noteReproduction of the original in Cambridge University Library.
References STC (2nd ed.) 160.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English Books, 1475-1640 ; 607:03)
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