Lives of the Holy Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow
Bede's history of the first abbots of his own monastery, written after 716: Benedict Biscop, who founded Wearmouth and Jarrow and brought books and builders from Rome; Ceolfrith, who carried the Codex Amiatinus on his last journey; and Eosterwine, Sigfrith and Hwaetberht. Latin text of Migne (PL 94); English translation of J. A. Giles as given by the Fordham Medieval Sourcebook.
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Source: Wikitext removed; inline PL column numbers dropped; one chapter with the two books marked. · Page chrome and bibliography removed. Giles's notes are not in the Sourcebook text. The transcription has a few OCR slips (e.g. 'resting. places', 'under taken') left uncorrected.