A homily for Septuagesima Sunday by Ælfric of Eynsham

Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 2: Aelfric, homily for Septuagesima Sunday (fragment) (/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0002).

The transcription reads:

Eft to unde
tide eode þæs ƿingeardes hlaford ut and gemette
oððre hyrmen standan ydele on þære stræt, and
he cƿæð heom on to: gað into minum ƿingearde, and ic
sylle eoƿ þæt riht byð. Hig þa eodon into his ƿorce.
Eft embe midne dæg and embe non-tyde eode se
hlaford ut and dyde hand sƿa gelyce. Eft ofer non-
tyde eode se hlaford ut and gemette ma ƿyrhtan stan-
dan, and him to cƿæð: Hƿig stande ge ealne dæg ydele ?

Again at the
third hour, the Lord left the vineyard and met
other workers standing idle on the street. And
he said to them: "Go into my vineyard and I
shall pay you what is right." They went to work for him.
Again at midday, and again at the ninth hour, the
Lord went out and did the same as before. Again after the ninth
hour, the Lord left and met more workers stand-
ing. And he said to them: "Why do you stand idle all day?"

Note the decorative cross and ornamented majuscule G in the image. These two symbols visually signified the shift from the narrative section to the interpretation in the homily.