Alnglosasi na tropie Symfoniusza. Przyczynek do twórczości Biskupa Adhelma (ok. 639-709)
Alglo-Saxons on the scent of Symphosius. Contribution to the writings of the bishop of Adhelm (639-709)

Summary/Abstract: This article presents a closer profile of Adhelm (639-709), who was a representative of the Anglo-Saxon monastic Christian culture and contributed to polarizing the classic enigma - Symphonius - with a slightly different, "fresh" character. He popularized the enigma in the British Isles and eventually formed a new genre - the old English Riddle. Adhelm consciously took the riddle pattern of Symphosius and harmoniously combined folk and sacred elements. The Bishop of Sherborne - Adhelm (639-709) is called "the oldest classicists of England" and the first English man-of-letters as well. His enigma speaks with the voices of Isidore of Seville, Virgil and Ovid and references to the Bible accompanying fragments inspired by Aeneid and Metamorphoses. The generality and timelessness of Adhelm relies on his characteristic, original and unique humanistic treatment of culture.

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