Event: Metal-working, OrderingAlfred 8.sponsoring of treasures in gold and silver
Scholarly Info
Description |
At the behest [of Alfred 8], gold and silver treasures without peer were made. |
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Primary Source Info
Original Text |
<De> aedificiis aureis et argenteis incomparabiliter, illo edocente, fabricatis? |
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Notes:
*On the meaning of 'aedificia' as used by Asser in this context, see @Keynes and Lapidge 1983, pp. 249-50 n. 114.
Persons associated with this Event:
- Agent:
Alfred 8
(the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxons, 871-899)