Resources

Recordings of Old English Prose

Ælfric's Homily for Mid-Lent Sunday (CH II.12), read by Niamh Kehoe

Ælfric's Homily, 'The laity require good instruction', read by Emma Nihill Alcorta

Ælfric's Judges (epilogue on English kings), read by Francis Leneghan 

Ælfric's Life of St Edmund (the wolf and the head), read by Niamh Kehoe

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle MS A 878 (Alfred rallies the English against the Vikings), read by Francis Leneghan

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle MS A 755 (Cynewulf and Cyneheard), read by Francis Leneghan

Old English Preface to Ælfric's Catholic Homilies, read by Francis Leneghan

Old English Bede (Cædmon receives the gift of poetry), read by Mark Atherton

Old English Heptateuch, Leviticus 26.1-45 ('I am the Lord your God'), read by Francis Leneghan

Peterborough Chronicle 1127 (The New Abbot), read by Mark Atherton

Psalm 50 (Prose Psalms), read by Francis Leneghan

Vercelli Homily X (The tree), read by Mark Atherton

Vercelli Homily X (Ubi sunt), read by Mark Atherton

Wessex Gospels (Crucifixion Mt.27-35-54), read by Francis Leneghan

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Podcasts:

29 November 2024: Trinity College Dublin, English Staff-Postgraduate Seminar Series/Long Room Hub: Francis Leneghan, ‘A Book for Many: Translating the Bible in Old English Prose

 

 

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Bibliographies: 

Alfredian Literature Bibliography

Links to other resources for Old English Prose