A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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ID
https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/CEOLFRITH.CodAmm.Praef
Author
Ceolfrith of Wearmouth-Jarrow (ob. 716), of the Codex Amiatinus
Title
Prefatory epigram to the Codex Amiatinus
Language
Latin
Place
Wearmouth-Jarrow
Edited
ML, EHR 90 (1975), 806
Time
before 716
Listed
ICL 2820; Colophons, no. 2554
Metre
elegiac couplet
MSS
Florence, Bibl. Lamenzberg, Amiatino 1
Bibliography
  • E.A. Lowe, English Uncial, p. 10-; Pumer, BOH I, p. 402; II, p. 376; H.Leclercq, DACL II.2 (1925), 3260-7, s.v. ‘Ceolfrid,’ with vast bibliography
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CEOLFRITH.CodAmm.Praef

CEOLFRITH.CodAmm.Praef 1. Corpus ad eximii merito venerabile Petri Corpus ad eximii merito uenerabile Petri
CEOLFRITH.CodAmm.Praef 2. dedicat ecclesiae quem capit alta fides dedicat ecclesiae quem capit alta fides
CEOLFRITH.CodAmm.Praef 3. Ceolfridus, extremis Anglorum finibus abbas: Ceolfridus, extremis Anglorum finibus abbas:
CEOLFRITH.CodAmm.Praef 4. devoti aspectus pignora mitto mei, deuoti aspectus pignora mitto mei,
CEOLFRITH.CodAmm.Praef 5. meque meosque optans, tanti inter gaudia patris, meque meosque optans, tanti inter gaudia patris,
CEOLFRITH.CodAmm.Praef 6. in coelis memorem semper habere locum. in caelis memorem semper habere locum.