Historiae ecclesiasticae gentis anglorum

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VENERABILIS

BEDAE

HISTORIAE ECCLESIASTICAE GENTIS ANGLORUM LIBRI III IU

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siliaras Sarus.

VENERABILIS

BEDAE

HISTORI AD ECCLESIASTICAE GENTIS ANGLORUΜLIBRI III JU

Cambrivae: AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

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I the aster term os I 877 I lecture o these two book o Beda, hicli,ere among the selec subjecisso the Cambridg theological tripos os Ι 878. Having rought together man ne illustrations of the author' language an matter, I proposed toΜ Lumbyrio join me in an editionis the two books, whicli the syndic os the Piti res undenoo to

responsibi sor the collations os the ther ms describe 1 excursus ΙΙ also sor ex II IV V the summaries os hapters, eadings os ageS, Contenis, Onomastico an indexes, an sor no a seruis thenotes'. ur ex o Beda reproduces exacti theΜoore A Whichias been collated by bothisis. D Eber an his publislier allowed me to translate the notice of Beda give in his admirabie histo os Christian Roma literature I am also indebledio D Eberi sor revising the proos os my translation. The aestimonia', hicli might have been largely

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known. His resace hews that his hirs sor origina evidence was sar more heen tha that os many prosesse critics; chronologers ill now o toprige the advance made in thei science by hi , who introduce into history the ne fixe date A D. The attentioni scholars has os late been recalled by Ronsch Paucher, Schuchard and thers, to themas os valvabie material lexicographica an other, burie in the early Christian writings. For Palaeo graphica purpose se manuscript os the classicsare to e compared illi the earlies biblica and patristic mss, hicli alter are osten early or quite Contemporary with the authors. The renewed studyo histor also, to e fruitsul, must lea away Domari or florid compendiums to the living Sources The monumenta Germaniae have long been issue toschool in chea editions and England has in Beda's history, abbat o wearmouth an lette to Ecgberct,

documents of sar greater orth, both a regatas formand matter, than the origine os Germany or an other

mimber os homilies ascribe to Beda are ortate so the firs time.