canticles°: s. x med., prov. Winchester, prov. Canterbury CC s. xi. Additions: encyclopedic notes (as in nos. 56 and 90): on Christ’s Incarnation, the Ages of the World (followed here by Bede, De temporibus ch. xvi), the Ages of Man, the numbers of bones, veins and teeth in humans, the Dimensions of the World, the Temple of Solomon, the Tabernacle, St Peter’s in Rome, Noah’s Ark, the numbers of books in the Old and New Testament, the number of verses in the Psalms, units for measuring distances
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canticles°: s. x med., prov. Winchester, prov. Canterbury CC s. xi. Additions: encyclopedic notes (as in nos. 56 and 90): on Christ’s Incarnation, the Ages of the World (followed here by Bede, De temporibus ch. xvi), the Ages of Man, the numbers of bones, veins and teeth in humans, the Dimensions of the World, the Temple of Solomon, the Tabernacle, St Peter’s in Rome, Noah’s Ark, the numbers of books in the Old and New Testament, the number of verses in the Psalms, units for measuring distances
A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry