This collection of papers follows on from a conference, held in
Sherborne in June 2005, marking the thirteen-hundredth anniversary
of the founding of the bishopric by Aldhelm of Malmesbury. This
volume looks at the work of Aldhelm and the foundation of the see
of Sherborne in the wider context of his career and his world. At
the Sherborne symposium, Katherine Barker commissioned a
performance of Aldhelm's Carmen rhythmicum by a rune-singer and an
instrumentalist. The large audience at Sherborne were transfixed by
the experience of listening, with the text and a translation before
them, to a musical recitation and performance of this long Latin
poem, which - perhaps for the first time in a thousand years -
conveyed something of its emotional power. The rhythms and message
of Aldhelm's poem came alive in a remarkable way and readers of
this volume can gain much of the same experience by listening to
the accompanying CD, with the text and translation of the Carmen
rhythmicum before them.
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