Manscript document, on parchment, in a forged late eleventh-century script, purporting to be a charter issued by Edward the Confessor to the Abbey of St. Mary, Coventry. Accompanied by six other thirteenth century grants.
Description:
Phillipps MS 27963. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-.
Subject (Name):
Edward,--King of England,--approximately 1003-1066.
Subject (Topic):
Forgery of manuscripts--Early works to 1800., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Writs--Early works to 1800.