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For a Swarm of Bees. " For a Swarm of Bees " is an Anglo-Saxon metrical charm that was intended for use in keeping honey bees from swarming. The text was discovered by John Mitchell Kemble in the 19th century. [1] The charm is named for its opening words, " wiþ ymbe ", meaning "against (or towards) a swarm of bees".
6 giorni fa · He is also parsimonious in his praise for Aldhelm, a West Saxon who had done much to convert the native Britons to the Roman form of Christianity.
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3 giorni fa · Manuscript on parchment of portions of Saint Aldhelm, De laude virginitatis, copied probably in Canterbury or Worcester. With glosses in Anglo-Saxon added between 950 and 1000, which may be of Kentish origin. Description.
3 giorni fa · Beowulf is an anonymous Old English poem about a hero from Geatland (in modern Sweden) who travels to Denmark where he kills man-eating monsters, and who, in later life, back home in Sweden, confronts and kills a fire-breathing dragon, but dies in the effort.
1 mag 2024 · List of illuminated manuscripts. Book of hours, Paris c. 1410. Miniature of the Annunciation, with the start of Matins in the Little Office, the beginning of the texts after the calendar in the usual arrangement. This is a list of illuminated manuscripts .
18 apr 2024 · A new parish hall in Malmesbury is a step closer after plans to demolish old church buildings were approved. Wiltshire Council agreed outbuildings in the courtyard at St Aldhelm's Church were...
14 apr 2024 · St Aldhelm’s perhaps is the first parish in the country to have stained glass window created for Blessed Carlo Acutis, which is indeed a proud moment for all of us. Carlo is popularly known as “The Millennial Saint”.
