The insular landscape of the Old English poem The Phoenix by Appleton, H

“…The opening section of the Old English poem The Phoenix derives from a fourth-century Latin poem, Carmen de ave phoenice, which is usually attributed to Lactantius. …”

'Æðele geferes’: northern saints in a Durham manuscript by Appleton, H

“…It is also the only manuscript with a northern provenance to contain Æthelwulf’s De abbatibus, a ninth-century Latin poem on a cell of Lindisfarne. The poems are found in the final part of the manuscript, which focuses on northern England, and the city of Durham in particular. …”

The role of Æschere’s head by Appleton, H

“…Grendel’s mother is a transgressive figure who treats a key member of the Danes’ society, an individual with whom the poem’s Anglo-Saxon audience would identify, as a transgressor, highlighting the lack of human control over her landscape.…”

The psalter in the prose lives of St Guthlac by Appleton, H

“…The Old English Life of Guthlac is generally close to the Latin, particularly in comparison to the more imaginative adaptations of Guthlac’s life found in the poems Guthlac A and Guthlac B, but nevertheless it has a distinct textual identity. …”

The Old English Durham and the Cult of Cuthbert by Appleton, H

“…The Old English Durham is a short poem in praise of the final resting place of Saint Cuthbert, the great seventh-century Anglo-Saxon hermit saint. …”

The Old English Durham and the cult of Cuthbert by Appleton, H

“…The Old English Durham is a short poem in praise of the final resting place of Saint Cuthbert, the great seventh-century Anglo-Saxon hermit saint. …”

Introduction. Art, articulation and incarnation: mystical theology and seeing the invisible by Appleton, H, Nelstrop, L

“…Padraic Colum's mid-twentieth-century poem responds to the Book of Kells with a meditation on the practice of its creator. …”