The epic of the fall of man; a comparative study of Caedmon, Dante and Milton . nd Prelate to the author. The full title of Elizabeth Elstobs translation of the Homily on thebirthday of St. Gregory is as follows : An English-Saxon IIo7nily onthe Birthday of St. Gregory, anciently used in the English-SaxonChurch, giving an account of the conversion of the English frompaganism to Christianity. Translated into modern English withnotes, etc. By Eliz. Elstob, London. Printed by W. Bowyer,MDCCIX. We have given this title in full because it is chiefly from NicholsLife of Bowyer, Elizabeth Elstobs pub
The epic of the fall of man; a comparative study of Caedmon, Dante and Milton . nd Prelate to the author. The full title of Elizabeth Elstobs translation of the Homily on thebirthday of St. Gregory is as follows : An English-Saxon IIo7nily onthe Birthday of St. Gregory, anciently used in the English-SaxonChurch, giving an account of the conversion of the English frompaganism to Christianity. Translated into modern English withnotes, etc. By Eliz. Elstob, London. Printed by W. Bowyer,MDCCIX. We have given this title in full because it is chiefly from NicholsLife of Bowyer, Elizabeth Elstobs publisher, that we have taken thebrief story of her life as given above. Note D. There is no full description in Anglo-Saxon literature of the Mead-hall,—the building rendered famous by the death-struggle between theGrendel and Beowulf ; but from the many allusions to such a kinglyand warrior resort, which occur in the poem of the BedwulfiiieXi, noless than from the many hints and suggestions that we find scatteredthroughout Scandinavian and Teutonic literature, we can form a. 437 438 Epic of the Fall tolerably correct idea of the general plan and internal arrangementsof such a festive Hall. Viewed from without, the Mead-hall consisted of a long buildingsurmounted by a high, slanting roof, ornamented with curved gables,and flanked by low-roofed aisles on either side ; the whole resem-bling, in a very marked manner, the architecture of some of our an-cient English church buildings. At each extremity of the wall ofthe low aisle, on the South side, was an entrance, protected by aporch; that at the West end being the Pillar or mens door;and that at the East end being the entrance for the Saxon cwensor wives. Internally, the Hall consisted of a spacious nave, the main roofrising high above the marble chequered floor and supported by mas-sive pillars ; while along the whole length of the roof might be seenthe heavy cross-beams which supported it, and which looked, fromthe floor beneat
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