Index talk:King Alfred's Old English version of St. Augustine's Soliloquies - Hargrove - 1902.djvu

Introduction: what is this text?
King Alfred the Great is arguably the earliest writer of English prose. After repelling Viking invasions and enlarging the Kingdom of Wessex in the c. 880 AD, Alfred began military, ecclesiastical and educational reforms in his kingdom, involving him and others translating and transforming a number of Latin texts into Old English.

This text is the Old English translation of St. Augustine's Soliloquies, a dialogue between Augustine and 'Reason' personified (Latin: ratio; Old English gesceadwisnes).

The 1902 edition is a parallel Latin/Old English one.

Parallel text
The parallel Old English/Latin portions of this text use Parallel_pages_sections. This means there are very specific rules on section naming on these pages. Generally speaking, the sections are named,  , etc. (ang for the Old English and la for Latin). Refer to the template documentation for details on how to continue paragraphs across pages.

Vowel accent fixes
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Links
The original manuscript can be viewed here (British Library Online Manuscripts).