Ælfric's Colloquy, in a modern English translation
By: by W.R. Johnson ; with the original Latin and Old English gloss as edited by G.N. Garmonsway
Contributors: Johnson, W. R. (Walter Ralph), 1933-; Garmonsway, George Norman; Plowboy Press
Publisher: Plowboy Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: East Burke, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
ISBN-13: 9780982124239
Subjects: Medieval and modern Latin language; Early works to 1800; Study and teaching; Readers; English language; Artists' books
Other titles: Aelfric's Colloquy
Work titles: Colloquy
Notes: Limited edition of 100 copies.

"[The] Colloquy is often used today to introduce the study of Old English just as it was used a thousand years ago to introduce conversational Latin to young boys training for monastic life. Originally written in Latin, and later glossed in Old English, it is also a rich source of information on daily life in Aelfric's time ..."--Afterword.

"This book was set in Palatino and Gill Sans. Printed at the Janus Press by Andrew Miller-Brown from Boxcar Press polymer plates on Barcham Green Sandwich. Bound in Gray Flax Canal from Papeterie Saint-Armand with endpapers of Barcham Green Renaissance III. Wooden slipcase by Mario Messina"--Colophon.

Bound long-stitch and issued in a wooden slipcase.

Rare Book copy: No. 35.

Latin text with interlinear Old and modern English translation.