Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of illustrations vii
4. Preface ix
5. Abbreviations xi
6. Editor’s Note xii
7. Introduction
8. 1. Contents, authorship and title 1
9. 2. Ælfric’s life and career 4
10. 3. Previous editions 7
11. 4. The manuscripts 9
12. 5. The place of De temporibus anni in the Ælfrician canon 35
13. 6. Origins and purpose 38
14. 7. Sources 46
15. 8. Medieval cosmology 52
16. 9. Calendar and computus 54
17. 10. Ælfric and the Bible 59
18. 11. Ælfric’s legacy 63
19. 12. Arrangement of the present edition 68
20. Text of De temporibus anni, with modern English translation 75
21. Apparatus Criticus 99
22. Commentary 104
23. Appendices
24. 1. Ælfric’s biblical quotations and the Vulgate compared 131
25. 2. List of biblical references in the text of De temporibus anni 134
26. 3. Parallels between De temporibus anni and other Ælfrician works 135
27. 4. List of orthographic variants, etc., in manuscripts 143
28. Astronomical and calendrical terms 149
29. Glossary 151
30. Bibliography 167
31. Index 175