Two Lives of St. CuthbertBertram Colgrave Cambridge University Press, 12 de set. 1985 - 375 pàgines These two complementary lives of Cuthbert illuminate both the secular history of the golden age of Northumbria and the historic shift from Celtic to Roman ecclesiastical practice which took place after the Synod of Whitby. Cuthbert was very much in the Irish monastic tradition. He adopted Roman usages, becoming prior and eventually bishop of Lindisfarne, but the essential nature of his commitment changed little and he lived for much of his later life as a hermit on the island of Farne, with the birds as his only companions. The two lives make an interesting contrast: the earlier, anonymous Life of 698-705 is clear, concise and rich in Lindisfarne tradition, viewing Cuthbert as no more than the great saint of his own house. Bede's prose Life of 721, however, is polished, literary, more than twice as long and altogether more didactic; treating Cuthbert as a model from which to draw lessons about how to be a perfect bishop and monk. Taken together, the lives vividly evoke the character of a remarkable churchman and provide a compelling picture of early monastic life. |
Continguts
Manuscripts | 17 |
Previous editions | 51 |
Vita Sancti Cuthberti Auctore Anonymo | 59 |
59 | 78 |
Vita Sancti Cuthberti Auctore Beda | 141 |
Anonymous Life | 310 |
361 | |
367 | |
375 | |
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abbot adhuc Aidan Aldfrith Anonymous atque autem Bede Bede's blessed Boisil Bollandists brethren C.VH C.VHP C.VHPO4 C₁ cael catalogue CHAPTER Christ church Cudberhtus Cuthberhtus death Dominum domum Durham Eadberht Eata Ecgfrith Eddius eius enim episcopi erat ergo esset etiam Farne fratres fratribus gloss above id gloss above scilicet gratia haec healed holy bishop HTBP ille illi illius inquit ipse iuxta Liber Vitae Lindisfarne lives Lord margin Nomen Melrose michi miracles monastery monk namque nobis O₁ O₂ Oswiu P₁ prae prayers priest Prose Life ff quae quam quia quibus quid quidem quod Quomodo quoque Reginald of Durham Rolls Series saints Samson of Dol servant sibi sicut St Cuthbert Symeon Synod of Whitby tamen tempore Trumwine uenerabilis uero uiri uiro uita uitam Wilfrid
Referències a aquest llibre
Recasting the Runes: The Reform of the Anglo-Saxon "futhorc" David N. Parsons Visualització de fragments - 1999 |