De laude virginitatis

Description

Title: De laude virginitatis
Creator: Aldhelm, Saint, 640?-709
Published / Created: [between 800 and 815]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment bifolium. Conjugate leaves originally from the same manuscript as Beinecke MS 401. Stitching holes in center of bifolium; outer margins trimmed with some loss of text
Description: In Latin and Anglo-Saxon.
For the script see MS 401; MS 401A was written by Scribe 2.
Decorative T on f. 2r, black initial surrounded by red dots.
Provenance: Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 20688). Acquired from H. P. Kraus in 1970 as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke.
Extent: ff. 2 : 177 x 117 (145 x 100) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin
English, Old (ca. 450-1100)

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval England 9th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Aldhelm, Saint, 640?-709.
Subject (Topic): Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern).
English literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Aldhelm, Saint, 640?-709
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern).
English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 9th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Aldhelm, De Laude Virginitatis. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.