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Bede refers to a book of epigrams; the work is not entirely lost but has survived only in fragments. [51] In the early 16th century, the antiquary John Leland transcribed a selection of epigrams from a now-lost manuscript; his selection includes several epigrams attributed to Bede which are likely to have come from the book Bede refers to.
Bede (/ b iː d /; Old English: Bēda; 672/3 – 26 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (Latin: Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk, author and scholar. He was one of the greatest teachers and writers during the Early Middle Ages , and his most famous work, Ecclesiastical History of the English ...
Adam Bede was the first novel by English author George Eliot, pen name of Mary Ann Evans, first published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously , even though Evans was a well-published and highly respected scholar of her time.
Folio 3v from the St Petersburg Bede. The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Latin: Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum), written by Bede in about AD 731, is a history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England generally; its main focus is on the conflict between the pre-Schism Roman Rite and Celtic Christianity.
Bede describes Chad at this point as "a diligent performer in deed of what he had learnt in the Scriptures should be done." Bede also tells us that Chad was teaching the values of Aidan and Cedd. His life was one of constant travel. Bede says that Chad visited continually the towns, countryside, cottages, villages and houses to preach the Gospel.
Other manuscripts exist that cannot be traced to the m or c texts. [20] [21] [22] New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M 826. CLA XI, no. 1662. This consists of only a single leaf; the text is part of book III, chapters 29–30. The writing is of the late 8th century. The manuscript was owned by Thomas Phillipps, the antiquary.
A translation through Chapter 25 of Book 1. Brunanburh. The Battle of Brunanburh is an Old English poem, found under year 937 in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (cf. Wikisource, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Giles)). The poem records the battle of Brunanburh fought between Æthelstan's English army and a combined army of Scots, Vikings, and Britons ...
It eventually possessed what was a large library for the time – several hundred volumes – and it was here that Benedict's student Bede wrote his famous works. The library became world-famous and manuscripts that had been copied there became prized possessions throughout Europe, [ 14 ] including especially the Codex Amiatinus , the earliest ...