Aldhelm and Old St Peter's, Rome
Joanna Story
Abstract Aldhelm of Malmesbury was one the most prolific and influential scholars early Anglo-Saxon England. His contemporary fame rested partly on fact that he had been a pilgrim to Rome. This article presents new evidence for Aldhelm's literary debt epigraphy Christian Two ninth-century manuscripts from Reims contain an anthology six epigrams which derive largely verse inscriptions in Old St Peter's. quoted two these, de Petro Andrea , almost verbatim his Carmina Ecclesiastica . It is likely knew these verses first-hand observation rather than via pages manuscript sylloge.
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