Bill East observed in reply to Anselm Cramer OSB:
>>Speaking more largely, Bede nowhere says that he ever went to Jarrow. He
>entered the monastery at Wearmouth at the age of seven, under the holy abbot
>Benedict Biscop, and subequently served under Ceolfrith, the first Abbot of
>Jarrow. It has been assumed that Bede went on the transfer list when Jarrow
>was set up, but Bede does not say so; Ceolfrith became abbot of both
>monasteries on the death of Benedict. Whenever Bede talks in detail about
>the architecture of a monastery - as when he describes the icons B.B.
>brought from Rome - it is always with reference to Wearmouth, not Jarrow.
Indeed, Judith McClure and Roger Collins point out in the preface to their
Oxford World's Classics edition of the EH that one of the few pieces of
evidence for Bede having lived at Jarrow is the story of Alfred Westou,
itself. Perhaps plans to move should be considered before they start
building the rest of the museum...
John
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