A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/N.Aldhelm.Epist.Octo
Title
Octosyllables accompanying Aldhelm’s Epistola ad Alcuini
Language
Latin
Rhyme
ll. 1-2 bisyllabic, ll. 3-4 assonant
Listed
ICL no. 11398
Metre
octosyllabic line; dactylic clausula
MSS
Brussels, Bibl. Roy. 9581-95 (s. x), f.; Vat. Pal. Cat. 1753, f.
Comments
the MSS are Continental; but the verses may be original
Bibliography
  • C. Gennaro, Fridugio di Tours (1963), p. 10; Ehwald, p. 41; A.E. Burn, Fascimiles of the Creeds (1909), pl. xviii
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N.Aldhelm.Epist.Octo

N.Aldhelm.Epist.Octo 1. Ora pro me sepissime Ora pro me sepissime
N.Aldhelm.Epist.Octo 2. D[eum] caeli carissime D[eum] caeli carissime
N.Aldhelm.Epist.Octo 3. uti mea innumera uti mea innumera
N.Aldhelm.Epist.Octo 4. Christus remittat crimina. Christus remittat crimina.