Archive Reference (shelfmark): Harley MS 1-7661 / Name: Alan of Farfa, Abbot of Farfa, d 769 / Digitised Content Platform: BL Digitised Manuscripts (2024-) - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Archive Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661 Name Alan of Farfa, Abbot of Farfa, d 769 Digitised Content Platform BL Digitised Manuscripts (2024-)

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 652
Title:: Homiliary; Lections from six lives of saints connected to St Augustine's abbey; Fragment from the homiliary attributed to Alan de Farfa
Scope & Content:: This early 12th-century manuscript from the Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, consists of a homiliary with 119 sermons for the period between Holy Saturday and the fourth Sunday after Epiphany. The main structure of the homiliary derives from the reconstructed collection of Paul the...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 9th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

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