Cura Pastoralis of Gregory

Key Information

Register:

National

Year of Inscription:

2011

Type of Heritage:

Manuscript

Nominating Institution:

Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

King Alfred’s translation from the Latin of Gregory’s Pastoral Care is a manuscript book, dating from around 890 CE and is claimed to be the earliest surviving book written entirely in the English language.

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