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ID
https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/ALDHELM.Theodore.Epit
Author
Aldhelm (ob. 709/710) / Hadrian?
Title
Metrical epitaph for Archbishop Theodore preserved in Bede’s Historia ecclesiastica V.8
Language
Latin
Place
Wessex: Malmesbury/Sherborne
Edited
B. Colgrave and R.A.B. Mynors, Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Oxford, 1969), p. 474
Time
after 690
Listed
ICL no. 6693
Metre
elegiac couplet
Bibliography
  • M. Lapidge in Aldhelm: The Poetic Works
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ALDHELM.Theodore.Epit

ALDHELM.Theodore.Epit 1. Hic sacer in tumba pausat cum corpore praesul Hic sacer in tumba pausat cum corpore praesul
ALDHELM.Theodore.Epit 2. Quem nunc Theodorum lingua pelasga uocat. Quem nunc Theodorum lingua pelasga uocat.
ALDHELM.Theodore.Epit 3. Princeps pontificum, felix summusque sacerdos Princeps pontificum, felix summusque sacerdos
ALDHELM.Theodore.Epit 4. Limpida discipulis dogmata disseruit. Limpida discipulis dogmata disseruit.
ALDHELM.Theodore.Epit 5. […] […]
ALDHELM.Theodore.Epit 6. Namque diem nonam decimam September habebat, Namque diem nonam decimam September habebat,
ALDHELM.Theodore.Epit 7. Cum carnis claustra spiritus egreditur, Cum carnis claustra spiritus egreditur,
ALDHELM.Theodore.Epit 8. Alma nouae scandens felix consortia uitae, Alma nouae scandens felix consortia uitae,
ALDHELM.Theodore.Epit 9. Ciuibus angelicis iunctus in arce poli. Ciuibus angelicis iunctus in arce poli.