The Old English (Classic Reprint): Elene, Phoenix, and Physiologus (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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This theory has but little to recommend it. The existence of the anglo-saxon hospice reposes upon modern hearsay, so far as appears; the library is purely hypothetical; and the presence of this volume in the hypothetical library is at least equally hypo thetical. Is it likely that so large and precious a volume would have been contributed to the library of a mere hospice? And is it likely that pilgrims on their way to Rome would have had time to pore over any edifying books but their breviaries?

The other theory was first broached by an unnamed writer in the Quarterly Review for December, 1844, and March, 1845; it is to the effect that the book was presented to the church of St.' Andrew in Vercelli by Cardinal Guala Bicchieri, not long after 1219. This theory I revived, and supported with new considera tions, in Library Bulletin No. IO of the University of California I thus briefly summarized the earlier arguments.

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