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Royal 6 A vi, f.5r, Letter of Aldhelm to Heahfrith re. English v. Irish learning...

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Royal 6 A vi, f.5r, Letter of Aldhelm to Heahfrith re. English v. Irish learning ‘Primitus pantorum procerum pretorumque…’, before copy of De virginitate (vellum)
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English School, (11th century) / English
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British Library, London, UK
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Aldhem's letter to Heahfrid, Epistola ad Heahfridum, with interlinear and marginal glosses. Aldhem (b. 639, d. 709), bishop of Sherborne, was an alumnus of the school of Theodore and Hadrian in Canterbury. This letter was written to dissuade a certain Heahfrith from studying in Ireland. Aldhem also parodied Irish Latin to demonstrate the superiority of English learning to that of the Irish.

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Germany / Europe / manuscript / text / letter / irish / anglo saxon / english / anglo-saxon / Aldhem / Heahfrid / Epistola
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