Lo, we honour widely throughout the earth
the high-angel’s tide in harvest,
Michael, as the multitude know,
five nights after the equinox day.
St Michael, dragon-slayer, guardian of humanity and weigher of souls, was immensely popular in the medieval period, and in this post are four pieces about St Michael by medieval English writers: a Latin sequence by the eighth-century Northumbrian scholar Alcuin; an English homily from c.990 by Ælfric; a prayer in verse by John Lydgate (c.1370”“c.1451); and a homily by John Mirk (fl. c.1382”“c.1414). Illustrations are from English manuscripts in the British Library and from some churches I’ve recently visited.
'Prince of the citizens of heaven': Some Medieval Texts for Michaelmas https://t.co/72cLCYes09 pic.twitter.com/dX3ugmMD4k
— Eleanor Parker (@ClerkofOxford) September 29, 2016