Whitby Abbey

Title
Whitby Abbey
LC Subject
Christianity
Photographer
Williams, Brown & Earle
Description
The earliest portion of Anglo-Saxon sacred literature extant is the paraphrase of Caedmon, a monk of Whitby, who lived in the seven century. Caedmon had been a cow-herd. He was well on in years and entirely deficient in the facility for verse-making, common among his fellows. His deficiency troubled him greatly. So on a certain occasion he returned from a rude feast, in great distress because he could not sing, and went to sleep among his cattle. And then he had a vision. Some one appeared to him. He told him to sing,
Work Type
lantern slides
Date
1900/1940
Identifier
P217:08:60
Rights
In Copyright
Local Collection Name
Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217)
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Primary Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Is Part Of
Set 14 - History of the English Bible
Institution
Oregon State University
Oregon State University Libraries University of Oregon Libraries