Source: FacsimileNewMinster.LiberVitae
Source Information
Source Title |
The Liber Vitae of the New Minster, Winchester |
Date of composition |
1031, though the introductory narrative section was probably composed in the 980s |
Language |
Latin |
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Primary Source Information
Repository |
British Library |
Country |
United Kingdom |
Manuscript location |
London |
Folio(s)/page(s) |
8r-21v, 25r-28v |
Provenance |
Winchester, New Minster |
Additional information |
The original components of the manuscript also included the will of King Alfred, a collection of texts relating to the chronology of the Christian world, an account of the royal saints of Kent, a list of saints' resting places, a West Saxon regnal list, |
Siglum/accession no. |
Stowe 944 |
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Notes
*These folios are those of the first layer of names, entered in 1031. Additions were subsequently made from the 1030s until the dissolution of the Hyde Abbey in the 16th century.
*The source reference for each entry indicates the folio, the list (as numbered by S. Keynes in the Introduction to the facsimile) and the position of the individual name.
*The Liber Vitae was produced under the auspices of Abbot Ælfwine (1031-1057) in 1031. The same scribe who wrote the 1031 Liber Vitae was involved in the production of another manuscript associated with Ælfwine, "Ælfwine's Prayerbook", whre he names himself Ælfswige (Keynes, Liber Vitae).
Edition(s)
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Editor |
Article or Book Title |
Journal or Pub.Loc. |
Date |
pp. |
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Keynes, Simon
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The LIber Vitae of the New Minster and Hyde Abbey Winchester
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Copenhagen
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1996 |
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Birch, Walter de Gray
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Liber Vitae: Register and Martyrology of New Minster and Hyde Abbey, Winchester
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London and Winchester
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1892 |
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