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Aaron 185–8, 192–3, 197–8
Abraham 15, 155, 157, 165, 174–5, 182–3
Acta Pilati 111
Acts of the Apostles 20–1, 51, 54, 58, 59, 69–70, 73, 79, 237, 248
Adam and Eve 113, 139, 174, 210, 220, 234–5, 250
Advent Lyrics (Christ I) 15, 78
Ælfric of Eynsham
Catholic Homilies 22, 60 n. 27, 80, 86, 109, 119–44, 157 n. 36, 159, 176–7, 207, 226–8, 236, 243, 246, 247, 248
Annunciation of St Mary (Annunciatio S. Mariæ) 94 n. 47, 125–30
On the Beginning of Creation (De Initio Creaturae) 226–33
Palm Sunday: On the Lord’s Passion (Sermo de Sacrificio in die Pascae) 130–44
Eight Vices and Twelve Abuses (De octo uitiis et de duodecim abusiuis gradus) 171–2, 173
Esther 183 n. 89, 205
Genesis 145 n. 3, 162–77, 224, 244, 246
Interrogationes Sigewulfi 155 n. 33, 160–1 n. 48, 176
Joshua 112, 136, 143, 145, 146, 148, 149, 150, 177, 192, 198–205, 225, 235
Judges 112, 136, 143, 145 n. 3, 148, 149, 150, 177, 187, 190 n. 104, 191, 202, 205–14, 235, 240
Judith 183 n. 89, 205, 235, 239
Letter for Wulfsige 119–20, 131, 143
Letter to Wulfgeat 145 n.3, 146, 150, 173 n. 69, 218, 238, 239–40, 248
Lives of Saints
Kings 183 n. 89, 205, 235
Letter of Christ to Agbar 110
Maccabees 183 n. 89, 188–90, 205, 221, 235
On the Three Orders of Society 188–90, 235 n. 43
On the Prayer of Moses 174–5
readership of 150–1, 155 n. 32
Numbers 145 n. 3, 146 n. 5, 148, 149, 177, 185–94, 198, 205 n. 122, 207, 215, 224, 244, 246
post-Conquest reputation of 244–53
Preface to Genesis 129, 145 n. 3, 146, 149, 151, 153–62, 176, 214, 237, 241, 246, 248 n. 14
rhythmical prose style 169, 175, 190–92, 206–7, 215, 226, 233–5
Treatise on the Old and New Testaments (Letter to Sigeweard) 22, 110, 124, 145 n. 3, 149, 173–4, 177, 192, 198, 204, 205, 216–43, 247, 248, 251
Æthelberht of Kent, King 56, 75
Æthelmær, Ealdorman 150, 155 n. 32
Æthelstan, King 211–12, 250
Ælfthryth 51
Æthelweard, Ealdorman 146, 150, 155 n. 32, 157–60, 155–60, 185, 198, 214 n. 142, 225, 229, 237, 240 n. 69
Chronicon 151 n. 24, 219 n. 9
Æthelwold, Bishop 35 n. 35, 92–3, 123 n. 106
Æthelwulf, King 12 n. 43, 67, 219
Aidan, Bishop 6
Alcuin 16, 125 n. 115, 244, 246 n. 6
De virtutibus et vitiis 172 n. 67, 173
Quaestiones in Genesim 125 n. 115, 155 n. 33, 160–1 n. 48, 246 n. 6
see also under Ælfric, Interrogationes Sigewulfi
Aldred
see under Lindisfarne Gospels, Old English gloss on
Alfred, King
Asser’s Life of
see under Asser’s Life of Alfred
Domboc
see under Domboc
educational reforms of 3–6, 11–12, 19, 20, 22, 34–5, 39–42, 50, 51, 52, 53, 65, 109, 122–3, 246, 249–53
involvement in legislation 56–8, 75–7
Prose Preface to Old English Pastoral Care 3–6, 11, 34–5, 41, 50, 52, 57, 71, 76, 147, 159 n. 44
Prose Psalms
see under Prose Psalms, Old English
Soliloquies
see under Soliloquies, Old English
wars of 41, 187, 211–12
Andreas 79
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 12 n. 41, 67, 151, 187, 199, 212–13, 219
Apocrypha 15, 22, 79, 80, 109–19
see also under Avenging of the Saviour, Descensus ad infernos, Gospel of Nicodemus, Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, Vision of St Paul
Apostles 55, 58, 59, 69, 71–6, 159, 220, 221, 237, 241
see also under Acts of Apostles
Arator 11
Ascension (Christ II)
see under Cynewulf
Asser’s Life of Alfred 12 n. 41, 41, 50, 51, 56–8
Augustine 122, 135, 142, 238
De Trinitate 130 n. 123, 225, 226
Enarrationes in Psalmos 28 , 225 n. 30
Retractions 225
Arundel, Thomas 2–4, 6
Avenging of the Saviour, Old English 110–15
see also under Vindicta Salvatoris
Babel, Tower of 238
Bede 6, 20, 122, 125, 126–7, 130, 135, 139, 142, 225
Bede’s Death Song 17, 79
Ecclesiastical History 13–14, 245
see also under Bede, Old English
Letter to Ecgbert 16
post-Conquest reputation of 244–6, 249–50
translation of Gospel of John 16–19, 41, 80
Bede, Old English 5
Benedictine Reform 92–3, 143, 150, 211
Beowulf 79 n. 7, 110 n. 67, 113, 169 n. 63, 219 n. 9
Bishop’s Bible (1568) 250
see also under Foxe, John
Boethius, Old English 5, 39, 40 n. 44, 62, 191 n. 104, 221
Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman 187
Caesarius of Arles 78, 225 n. 30
Cain and Abel 15, 220
Cambridge (Winchcombe) Psalter 35–8
Candidus Fuldensis 138, 142
Canterbury Psalter
see under Eadwine (Canterbury) Psalter
Cassiodorus 39, 41 n. 53, 46, 48, 49 n. 69, 210–11 n. 133, 238 n. 62
Cædmon’s Hymn 1 n. 1, 13–16, 18, 161 n. 50
Cetura 165
Christ in Judgement (Christ III) 20 n. 73, 78
Codex Amiatinus 16
Codex Fuldensis 9
Collatio legum Mosaicarum et Romanorum 55
Cynewulf
Ascension (Christ II) 78
Fates of the Apostles 79
Daniel 15, 79 n. 8, 242 n. 79
David, King 26, 28–30, 40–1, 44, 45, 49, 51 n. 73, 53, 65, 67 n. 47, 97–9, 207–9
Decalogue 54, 59, 62–5, 193, 194, 196
Delilah 209
Descensus ad infernos 111
Deuteronomy, Book of 145, 223–4
see also under Old English Heptateuch, Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy, Old English prose
see under Old English Heptateuch
Dialogues, Old English 5 n. 11, 62
Domboc
Mosaic Prologue 6, 21, 54–77, 93, 252
Dream of the Rood, The 15, 79, 111, 132
Eadwine (Canterbury) Psalter 27 n. 13, 247
Edward the Elder, King
education of 51
Edgar, King 92, 211–14
King Edgar’s Establishment of Monasteries 93
Enoch, Book of (Enoch I) 109–10
Evangelienbuch
see under Otfrid’s Evangelienbuch
Euangelium Nichodemi 111–12
see also under Gospel of Nicodemus, Old English
Exeter Book 12, 78, 79 n. 8, 80, 91 n. 38, 92
Exodus, Book of 15, 20, 21, 51, 54–5, 59–67, 73 n. 62, 190–1, 196, 206
see also under Old English Heptateuch, Exodus
Exodus, Old English prose
see under Old English Heptateuch
Exodus, Old English verse 15, 79 n. 8, 191 n. 104, 242 n. 79
Fall of the Angels 15, 110, 220, 229–35, 242 n. 79
Farman
see under Rushworth (MacRegol) Gospels
First Worcester Fragment 244–7
Foxe, John 106 n. 58, 250–1
Fulk of Rheims, Archbishop 56 n. 11, 71–2
Genesis, Book of 6, 54, 234–5, 250
see also under Old English Heptateuch, Genesis
Genesis A 15, 79 n. 8
Genesis B 6 n. 13, 12 n. 43
Genesis, Old English prose
see under Old English Heptateuch
Geneva Bible 250 n. 23
Glossed Prose Psalter, Middle English 249
Gospel Harmonies 8–11, 79, 80, 135, 250
Gothic Bible
see under Ulfilas (Wulfila)
Golden Rule 59, 70–1, 93
Gospel of Nicodemus 237, 242–3
see also under Gospel of Nicodemus, Old English
Gospel of Nicodemus, Old English 80, 91 n. 38, 110–15
Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew 237, 242–3
see also under Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, Old English
Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, Old English 115–19
Gregory the Great 5, 78, 122, 251 n. 25, 225 n. 30
see also under Dialogues, Old English
Hagar 165
Haymo of Auxerre 122 n. 103, 135, 138, 142
Heliand 9, 12 n. 43, 94 n. 47
Heptateuch, Old English 6, 22, 59–60, 92, 94, 97, 108, 109, 137, 145–215, 216–18, 237–8, 242, 246, 247–8, 252
Genesis 145–9, 162–77, 246, 250
see also under Ælfric
Exodus 145–9, 177–81, 215, 224, 244
Leviticus 145–9, 181–3, 244
Numbers 145–9, 185–94, 205 n. 122, 207, 215, 224, 244, 246
see also under Ælfric
Deuteronomy 145–9, 193, 194–8, 198, 215, 224, 244, 248 n. 14
Joshua
see under Ælfric
Judges
see under Ælfric
Hexateuch, Old English Illustrated 146, 152–4, 186–7, 198 n. 117, 246
see also under Manuscripts, London, British Library, Cotton MS Claudius B. IV
Hezekiah, King 40, 41, 45, 53, 65
Hincmar of Rheims 55, 68 n. 50
Ine, King 75
Isaiah 8, 125, 132, 229, 237
Jerome 4 n. 7, 25–6, 33, 85, 110, 115, 122 n. 103, 135 n. 135, 137–8, 139, 142, 155 n. 33, 157 n. 36, 159, 161, 221 n. 12, 225 n. 30, 235, 236, 238 n. 62, 247, 249
Joseph, father of Jesus 82, 85, 98–9, 116–18, 125–9, 132 n. 130
John, Gospel of 9–10, 81, 92, 111, 130, 131 n. 127, 137, 138, 139
see also under Bede, translation of Gospel of John
Joshua, Old English prose
see under Ælfric
Judges, Old English prose
see under Ælfric
Junius Psalter 27 n. 13, 32
Juvencus 11, 17
King James Bible 1, 250 n. 23
Laban 164–5
Lambeth Psalter 35
Letter of Christ to Agbar
see under Ælfric
Leviticus, Book of 54, 55, 73
see also under Old English Heptateuch, Leviticus
Leviticus, Old English prose
see under Old English Heptateuch
Liber ex Lege Moysi 54–5, 59 n. 23, 65 n. 39
Lindisfarne Gospels 81
Aldred’s Old English gloss on 18 n. 68, 21–2, 80, 81–7, 90–1, 94, 95–6, 97 n. 49, 99, 100
l’Isle, William 251
Lord’s Prayer, The 16, 17, 79 n. 8
Lot 165–76
Lucifer 225, 229, 232, 233
see also under Fall of the Angels
Luke, Gospel of 70, 72, 111, 125–7, 130, 135–9, 142 n. 148
MacRegol Gospels
see under Rushworth Gospels
Maldon, The Battle of 169 n. 63, 187
Manuscripts
Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS Latin 8824
see under Paris Psalter
Cambridge Corpus Christi College, MS 140 91 n. 38, 103–6
Cambridge, University Library, MS Ii.2.11 91 n. 38, 106, 110, 112
London, British Library, Cotton MS Claudius B. IV 145–6, 153–4, 186–7, 197 n. 117
see also under Hexateuch, Old English Illustrated
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Hatton 114 116, 119
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Junius 11 1 n. 2, 12, 15, 79 n. 8, 158 n. 38, 177–8 n. 81, 242 n. 79
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 509 145, 155–6, 162–3, 217–18, 234 n. 41, 247–8
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 343 116 n. 86, 216 n. 1, 234 n. 41, 248
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 441 91 n. 38, 106–7
Saint-Omer, Bibliothèque Municipale, 202 112, 113
Mary, mother of Jesus 115–19, 125–30, 228–9
Matthew, Gospel of 16, 68, 82–91, 92, 94, 97, 100–3, 106, 125–43
see also under Lord’s Prayer, The
Metrical Psalms 20 n. 73, 24 n. 3, 27 n. 15, 42
Mosaic Prologue to Domboc
see under Domboc
Moses 54, 55, 56, 59–69, 74, 76, 136, 137, 149, 157, 161, 174–5, 177–9, 181–98, 202–3, 206, 210, 215, 223–4, 234
Noah 15, 67 n. 47, 165, 176, 219–20
Numbers, Book of 54, 55, 206 n. 122
see also under Old English Heptateuch, Numbers
Numbers, Old English prose
see under Old English Heptateuch
Offa, King 74 n. 64, 75
Old High German Tatian 9–10
Ormulum 248–9
Orosius, Old English 5, 48 n. 68, 62, 251 n. 25
Oswald, Archbishop 92
Oswald, King 6
Otfrid’s Evangelienbuch 10–11, 39, 249–50
Oxford Psalter, The 249 n. 19
Owun
see under Rushworth (MacRegol) Gospels
Palm Sunday Homily (HomS 18), Anonymous 130–43
Paul the Deacon 122, 125
Paris Psalter 24 n. 3, 40, 42–5, 90
see also under Prose Psalms, Metrical Psalms
Peter, St 136–8
Pharaoh
destruction of army in Red Sea 178–9, 190–1, 206–7
hanging of baker 153–4
Priests 81, 86, 109, 143, 144, 147, 152, 221, 240, 249
duties of 119, 122, 131, 135, 138, 159, 188–90
ignorance of 129, 151, 159, 241, 245
Prose Psalms 2 n. 3, 6, 21, 25, 38–53, 62, 65, 67, 118 n. 91
Prudentius 11
Pseudo-Matthaei Evangelium
see under Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, Old English
Rachel 164–5
Revelation, Book of 229, 237
Rolle, Richard 1 n. 1, 249
Royal (Regius) Psalter 27 n. 13, 27 n. 15, 35
Rushworth (MacRegol) Gospels 81
Farman’s Old English gloss on 87–91, 94, 95–6, 97 n. 49, 99, 100
Samson 209, 212
Sarah 165
Saul, King 149, 206–7
Saxon Genesis 6 n. 13, 9 n. 27, 12 n. 43
see also under Genesis B
Sedulius 17, 78, 139
Septuagint 4 n. 7, 7, 33 n. 28, 157 n. 36
Sigefryth 238
Sigeweard 146, 151, 218, 222–3, 226, 238–40
see also under Ælfric, Treatise on the Old and New Testaments
Smaragdus 122 n. 103, 135, 138, 142
Sodom and Gomorrah
Ælfric’s writings on 165–76
Soliloquies, Old English 5 n. 11, 39, 61 n. 28, 62
Solomon, King 56, 236
Tatian, Diatessaron 9
see also under Gospel Harmonies
Theodore of Mopsuestia 38–40
Theodosius I, Emperor 210–11
Theodosius II, Emperor 210–11
Three Orders of Society 188–90, 193–4, 212 n. 137, 221, 223, 235 n. 43
Tyndale, William 1, 250
Ulfilas (Wulfila)
Gothic Bible 7–8
Venuti, Lawrence xii
Vespasian Psalter
Old English gloss to 25–35, 36, 38, 46, 247
Vikings 41, 64, 81, 174 n. 72, 208, 211, 215, 246
Vindicta Salvatoris 111–12, 114–15
see also under Avenging of the Saviour, Old English
Vision of St Paul 110, 237
West Saxon Gospels
see under Wessex Gospels
Wessex Gospels 6, 22, 60 n. 28, 80, 81 n. 15, 91–109, 110, 112, 124–5, 129, 132–4, 139–41, 143–4, 149, 157 n. 36, 243, 247, 250–2
William of Malmesbury 5, 41, 250 n. 24
Winchcombe Psalter
see under Cambridge Psalter
Wulfsige, Bishop of Sherborne
see under Ælfric, Letter for Wulfsige
Wulfstan, Archbishop 146 n. 5, 212–13 n. 138, 243 n. 81, 248
Wycliffite Bible 1 n. 1, 46 n. 62, 215, 216, 249, 250